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    • Sep 6, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 27.1663,-80.18079999

      Report from Martin County, Stuart, FL


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      At the intersection of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Okeechobee Waterway, Martin County, A SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, is a hub of boating activity and of events of interest to boaters.

      Winston,

      I received your voice message. Below is what we are sharing out, please feel free to use or edit- Nerissa

      South Florida is currently in the 4-day forecast cone for Hurricane Irma. As we prepare for Hurricane Irma, please be advised that www.discovermartin  will have a weather advisory scrolling across the top of the page. Additional information and numbers are listed below:

      Florida Emergency Information 24-hour Hotline: 800-342-3557

      Local Martin County Public Information Line: 772-287-1652

      Find current updates on social media by following and using #FloridaNow

      You can also text “FLPrepares” to 888777 to receive Alert Florida notifications.

      Real time updates on Hurricane Irma are available at www.floridadisaster.org.

      Visit Florida in partnership with Expedia have activated www.Expedia.com/Florida to provide accommodations availability information for visitors, residents and first responders.

      Nerissa Okiye

      Tourism & Marketing Manager

      Martin County Office of Tourism & Marketing

      County Administrative Center

      2401 S.E. Monterey Road

      Stuart, Florida 34996

      nokiye@martin.fl.us

      Office: (772)288-5445

      Cellphone: (772)631-8534

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    • Aug 29, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 28.4077,-80.6799999

      New Restaurant at Harbortown Marina, Merritt Island, east of AICW Statute Mile 894


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      Guest Coupon Available On Our Web Site

      A SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, Harbortown Marina lies off the southern shores of the Canaveral Barge Canal between Sykes Creek and the Banana River. This fine facility has now expanded their ship’s store and now has a new on-site restaurant!

      Press Release: Harbortown Marina Welcomes New On-Site Restaurant

      Island Dockside Grill at Harbortown Opening Soon at Local Marina

      Merritt Island, FL (March 23, 2017) — Harbortown Marina, located in Merritt Island, Florida, near Port Canaveral, is excited to welcome the “Island Dockside Grill at Harbortown” as its newest on-site amenity. The restaurant space on the property has recently undergone extensive renovations, and the new restaurant plans to open in mid-April. Island Dockside Grill at Harbortown will be open to the public, and is the sister location to Merritt Island’s “The Island Waterfront Bar and Grill”. All are invited to meet and greet with restaurant staff at the upcoming CFFW Marina Flea Market, to be held March 25-26, 2017, at the marina. The Island Dockside Grill at Harbortown will be cooking out and offering a limited menu.

      The original The Island Waterfront Bar and Grill is located near Banana River Park on East Merritt Island Causeway. A favorite among Merritt Island residents, the local restaurant is known for its menu offering of waterway favorites. Whether it’s seafood, burgers, salads or quesadillas, the Island Bar and Grill offers a traditional oceanside menu that is proven to be a success. Tie in a quality menu with the restaurant’s variety of live music, theme nights, and special events, and you have the makings of an instant local favorite.

      The Island Dockside Grill at Harbortown has been undergoing renovations by local construction company, Rush Construction, Inc., and is scheduled to open in mid-April.

      “We are delighted to have the owners of The Island choosing to open their second location here at Harbortown Marina. One of our most beloved amenities has always been having an on-site restaurant,” said Jan Chnupa the owner of the Harbortown Marina Canaveral. “With renovations, we’ve provided more space for bar seating and live music. We are hopeful that our customers and the public will be pleased.”

      Those wishing to catch a sneak peek at the upcoming restaurant food fare can do so at the annual CFFW Marine Flea Market, which will take place on Saturday, March 25th, and Sunday, March 26th, from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM at Harbortown Marina. Admission and parking for the event are free.

       

      Click Here To View the Eastern Florida Cruisers’ Net Marina Directory Listing For Harbortown Marina

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    • Aug 29, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 28.4077,-80.6799999

      News from Harbortown Marina, Merritt Island, east of AICW Statute Mile 894


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      Guest Coupon Available On Our Web Site

      A SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, Harbortown Marina lies off the southern shores of the Canaveral Barge Canal between Sykes Creek and the Banana River. This fine facility has now expanded their ship’s store!

      Click Here To View the Eastern Florida Cruisers’ Net Marina Directory Listing For Harbortown Marina

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Harbortown Marina

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    • Aug 26, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy 2 Comments 25.8035,-80.14099999

      Status of Sunset Lake Anchorage, Upper Biscayne Bay


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      In July of 2016, several popular Miami area anchorages, including Sunset Lake, were declared to be Banned Anchoring Areas by the FWC. See Bill Murdock’s article and chart on these banned zones: /163814

      Cruisers’ Net would like to know if any of you south Florida cruisers have attempted to anchor in Sunset Lake and, if so, what were the results? Is the ban being enforced? Let us hear from you.

      Click Here To View the Eastern Florida Cruisers’ Net Anchorage Directory Listing For Sunset Lake

      Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Sunset Lake

      Comments from Cruisers (2)

      1. Bill Murdock -  August 30, 2017 - 11:50 am

        We anchored north of Sunset Lake near Mount Sinai Hospital for three weeks last spring. The only boats we saw anchored in Sunset Lake were local motor boats stopping in the calm water for the afternoon to swim, sit in the sun, or frolic. We saw no cruising motor or sail anchored there and nothing anchored overnight.

        I assume all anchoring spots not shaded on Waterway’s chart are still open to overnight anchoring.

        Dinghy access is problem. The only two ‘legal’ spots are the dock at the police station with its 20 minute limit and the dock at the older Publics store on Collins Canal. We have been told that the Publics dock now has a time restriction.
        Bill Murdoch

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      2. Sean Welsh -  August 26, 2017 - 8:50 pm

        Are you seriously asking people to admit, on the Internet, that they broke the law?

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    • Aug 25, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      Cruisers’ Net – and Your Fellow Cruisers – Needs You!

      In keeping with Cruisers’ Net’s motto of “Cruisers Helping Cruisers,” we want to remind you that we need your input via comments and article contributions: navigation issues, safety concerns, Problem Stretch reports, marina and anchorage reviews, event promos, etc.

      As cruisers, we are all too aware of the time, and often the aggravation of getting online, at the end of a long day on the water, that it requires to take smart phone in hand or laptop in lap to send information you have observed that day. Of course, we try to post all Navigation Alerts via USCG Local Notices as soon as they are received, but those are often several days old and might well refer to navigation and safety issues that you yourself have observed prior to the LNM. So…let us hear from you!

      And as you wander the docks after a tie-up, suggest to those you meet that they try Cruisers’ Net. Still free, still packed with information and still an “open-and-use” website with free mobile apps!

      And thank you, our faithful readers, for being Cruisers’ Net users!

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    • Aug 24, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      Dive Into Gray’s Reef, National Marine Sanctuary, Savannah, GA

      Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary protects Georgia’s special live-bottom wildlife habitat in the Atlantic Ocean and along the southeastern U.S. coast, an area teeming with diversity and an abundance of marine life.


       
       
       
       
       

       

      Volunteer to be a steward of your sanctuary!

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      Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary protects a vibrant hard-bottom reef habitat in the Atlantic Ocean just off the Georgia Coast. This 22-square-mile protected area is teeming with numerous species of fish, such as black sea bass, groupers, and mackerels. Loggerhead sea turtles forage and rest year-round at Gray’s Reef, and the sanctuary is within the critical habitat of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale.

      Learn more by visiting:

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      Are You Ready to Make A Deeper Dive into Gray’s Reef?

      Volunteers are integral to the success of Gray’s Reef operations. If you’d like to dive deeper into your local marine sanctuary, please consider the following opportunities to join our outstanding team of volunteers.

      Top banner photos: Greg McFall/NOAA

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      Speakers Bureau

      If you would like to share your enthusiasm about Gray’s Reef with organizations throughout the region, consider joining our speakers bureau. We will schedule the presentations and supply you with a comprehensive slide kit and the training you’ll need to get started. Our speakers are in high demand for K-12 education, recreation and general audiences. This is a great opportunity for retired professionals and recent grads looking for public speaking experience. Register your interest here. Or, if you are interested in booking a presentation for your organization, please complete our online request form.

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      Social Science Internship

      Gray’s Reef has a number of internships available throughout the year. We are currently looking for an intern to assist us in conducting a socioeconomic survey in our local area (Jan-Mar). For more information about this project, please click here. Candidates interested in this part-time, unpaid internship can submit their cover letter and resumes here through 12/1/17 for consideration. 

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      Public Events Team

      Would you like a front-row seat to the Gray’s Reef Film Festival? Want to march in Savannah’s famed St. Patrick’s Day Parade? How about a fish-eyed view of our underwater robotics competition? We need you and a few friends to help us bring the remote reef to the street through rolling art installations, creature features and education simulations. Volunteers are needed at these and other events coming up this fall, like Coastfest and Skidaway Marine Science Day. Register your interest here.

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      Sanctuary Advisory Council

      Welcome to Monique Gordon who now serves as the K-12 Education representative on the Gray’s Reef Advisory Council, and welcome back Dr. Peter Auster who serves as the Living Resources Research representative. This all-volunteer advisory group consists of individuals from various user groups, government agencies and the public-at-large and provides advice on the operation and management of the sanctuary. 

      Learn more about the Gray’s Reef Advisory Council by joining us for the next meeting on September 22, 2017 at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography library auditorium. 

      VOY Mandy Harvey

      2017 Volunteer of the Year

      Each year we recognize one outstanding volunteer as our Volunteer of the Year. Our honoree, recognized for her extraordinary efforts in 2016, is Mandy Harvey. 

      “I really enjoy volunteering at Gray’s Reef because it gives me the opportunity to use my existing skills in news ways to support an organization devoted to something I care deeply about—the health of our oceans. And, I get to have a great time doing it!” 

      Mandy’s dedication, along with that of the honorees from the other 14 marine sanctuaries and monuments, was recognized by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation during Capitol Hill Ocean Week in Washington, DC this past June. 

      Congratulations and Thank you, Mandy!

      For more information please visit:

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      Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary                                

      10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411                     912-598-2345

      Volunteer Inquires: jody.patterson@noaa.gov 

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    • Aug 24, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments 35.1006,-77.03729999

      Update on Alfred A. Cunningham Bridge, Trent/Neuse Rivers, New Bern, NC


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      New Bern Grand Marina Yacht Club

      With a closed vertical clearance of 14ft, the Alfred Cunningham Bridge connects New Bern and James City crossing the intersection of the Trent and Neuse Rivers. New Bern is home to SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR, New Bern Grand Marina on the northern banks of the Trent River. Our thanks to Millissa True of New Bern Grand Marina for sharing this update.

      From the ICW, follow the river up to the high rise N.C. 55/U.S. 17 bridge. Immediately to port you will approach the Cunningham bascule bridge separating the Neuse and Trent Rivers. The approach depth is over 10 feet, but do consider 2.0 foot tide when approaching. Bridge clearance is 17ft [? charted as 14ft]. It opens on demand. Bridge contact is VHF channel 13; phone 252-633-4799, all year. May 25th-Sept. 8th M-Fri. closed 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Courtesy opening during these hours 7:30 a.m. sharp. Closed 4-6 p.m. with courtesy opening 5 p.m. Summer Hours Saturday and Sunday – Saturday on demand all day Sunday closed 2-7 p.m. courtesy opening 4 p.m. and 6 p.m sharp. Sept. 9th – May 24th Winter hours Mon – Fri. same as summer. Changes to w/e Saturday on demand all day, Sunday opened on demand through 6:30 a.m. Monday a.m. Federal Holidays closed from 2-7 p.m. *Schedule subject to change please call to verify.

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      Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s North Carolina Marina Directory Listing For New Bern Grand Marina

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    • Aug 23, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy 6 Comments

      Editorial: No Wake and No-Wake Zones

      We regularly hear of the discomfort and danger caused by inconsiderate or untrained skippers who seem totally unaware of the effect of their vessel’s wake. Obviously, the real issue is “destructive wake” as from sports fishermen and hurricanes. Sailing vessels and trawlers, except maybe the newer fast trawlers, are rarely guilty of wake that endangers lives, disrupts navigation or destroys property. High powered, short waterline vessels designed to get to fishing grounds 60 miles offshore as quickly as possible are the usual suspects. Even smaller pleasure craft that slow down, then plow through an anchorage with bow up in the air, can be almost as dangerous and destructive. No wake speed adds very little time to the trip and teaches what boating is all about: patience!

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      1. Jim Persson -  August 29, 2017 - 9:12 am

        we were recently cruising along in our 25 foot Rosborough in the Great South Bay off Long Island, NY. Going about 6 knots, when a LARGE sportfish blew by us. He was dangerously close; if I had suddenly turned to port I don’t think he could have avoided us. I just has enough time to turn my bow into his wake; we went up and over and all loose items crashed about the boat. I yelled at him on the VHF; and I rarely do that. A Coast Guard inflatable either heard me, or saw the whole thing, and pulled him over. Finally a little justice for one careless and obnoxious SOB.

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      2. John Pholeric -  August 25, 2017 - 1:25 pm

        Not having no wake zones is a reciepe for even worse damage. The only way to truly enforce no wake is enforcement and law suites. Depressing, but I think it is true. Cost clueless people time and money.

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      3. Wade Ehlen -  August 25, 2017 - 10:06 am

        Nov. 2016. Docked at New River (NC) fuel dock on the ICW. A 42′ southbound Sea Ray came blasting through, creating a very large wake that threw my 36′ trawler against the dock; I was on the deck fueling by boat at the time. Fortunately dock hands and my crew were able to get the boat’s name and called them on the radio. The Sea Ray came back, offered the excuse that he didn’t see us because he was looking at his chart or GPS, and gave me his insurance company. The insurance company was very helpful and in the end paid $9,500 in damage repairs. BTW, earlier that day the very same boat came roaring up behind us as we were slowly navigating around a shoal at Browns Inlet. He stopped on a dime when he hit the shoal.

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      4. Maggie Ceili -  August 23, 2017 - 4:00 pm

        Let’s be perfectly honest – they do not exist in Southwest Florida waters. I feel like starting a website with photos of the 2-4 foot wakes our sailboat has been subjected to with careless, self absorbed, untrained and idiotic powerboaters. Don’t get me started! Stand by and I’ll post the web address.

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      5. James Greaver -  August 23, 2017 - 3:25 pm

        Having observed this problem for quite a while, especially with large sport fishing boats, I have a theory as to the root of the problem, and it is simply time (or more accurately, the lack thereof). What many of these owners of these large sport fish boats, for example, have is a lot of money. What they don’t have, is a lot of time, having the same 24 hours a day that any bum on the street has. Most of the rich people I know view this as unbelievably unfair and most will spend any amount of money (or fuel, in this case) and are willing to cause any amount off compensable damage, in their never ending attempt to somehow increase their daily allotment of time to 25 hours.

        Ten minutes saved by pushing a three foot wake down ten miles of the ICW, and swamping small boaters, and rocking larger boaters, in their path, is an eminently reasonable trade off in their minds. I watched one leave our marina the other day, and he couldn’t even wait to get past the piers in our marina before pushing it up on half plane. Even the dockmaster yelling at him as he went by their office, rocking the boats pulled in to get pump outs and fuel, had no effect.

        I have even heard one of these captains that I know say that he would rather write a check for damage he caused than slow down and lose the little time he has before he has to get back to his 60 hour work week to make more money to finance this endless and futile circle. They really think that way. And, I have quit going deep sea fishing with one of my friends because I just couldn’t take the embarrassment of being given the finger over and over again, while knowing we richly deserved it.

        Good luck on fixing that mentality. It would take actual jail sentences to even slow it down. And, these are the least likely people to be held criminally responsible for anything in the first place.

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        • Winston Fowler -  August 25, 2017 - 12:10 pm

          James – all I can add to your comments is “AMEN”
          All we can do is HOPE and ACT when ever we have the opportunity.

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    • Aug 22, 2017by:   Larry Dorminy No Comments

      September is National Preparedness Month

      While these NPM suggestions and advice are not aimed specially at boating, much of what is offered can be applied to marine storm preparation. Regular review of your plans for dealing with any disaster is essential and the links below will assist you in that process.

      CLICK HERE FOR NPM’S WEBSITE

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