An on-the-water retirement home or vacation home for those who love the rich cultural ports-of-call cruising waters of North Carolina, Albemarle Plantation Marina, a port on the Albemarle Loop and a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, is located just off the AICW on the northern shores of Albemarle Sound on Yeopim River/Creek.
OUr Hometown, Hertford, Featured in ‘Our State’ Magazine
In this charming story by Molly Harrison from Our State Magazine, Albemarle Plantation’s hometown of Hertford is celebrated as a hidden gem among the state’s coastal communities. The article serves as a walking guide, inviting readers to explore the rich history and natural beauty of our quaint harbor town. From its historic waterfront and lush landscapes to vibrant local eateries and charming shops, Hertford offers a unique blend of Southern hospitality and cultural heritage. Readers are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and immerse themselves in the captivating sights and stories that make Hertford a must-visit destination. Read the full article from Our State Magazine!
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Enjoy a 3-day/2-night stay at the Inner Banks Inn in Edenton’s historic district. Live like a local and sample Albemarle Plantation’s many amenities, natural beauty and incredible water:
• Round of Golf for 2 • Boat Ride on the Albemarle Sound (subject to availability) • Golf Cart, Bikes, Kayaks/Canoes • Breakfast Each Day and Lunch or Dinner at one of our onsite restaurants • Full Access to Fitness Facility and Classes and Pool Facilities (subject to availability) • Explore Downtown Edenton by Bike and Discover the Charming Waterfront • Plus, Tour Homes, Neighborhoods, and See Our Latest Home Listings from the $400s!
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4 Bedroom | 3 Bath | 2,500+/- Sq Ft
If you are looking for a new construction home without the build time, this is it! Bright, open living spaces abound in the Columbia. Guests are greeted with a light-filled living, dining, and kitchen area, set with glass doors that open to a lovely, screened porch and an attached deck. The vast owner’s suite is the ideal place to recharge after a day on the water or the golf course! The convenient laundry/mudroom/garage layout means your golf cart, kayak, or workout gear are easily stored and handled. Enjoy the extra flexibility of a bonus room above the garage with its own bath, too!
This Discovery Package is designed to acquaint you with Albemarle Plantation real estate opportunities. If married, both spouses must attend the property tour. Participants must live outside a 75 mile radius from the property. The $249 is paid to the hotel at time of booking. If customer does not cancel or reschedule within 14 days of arrival, the customer forfeits the $249 as a cancellation fee. Customer is responsible for any incidentals at the hotel. A valid credit card is required to reserve an Albemarle Plantation Discovery Visit. A limited number of packages are available. Subject to availability. Some blackout dates.
There is always plenty to do around Charlotte Harbor. While berthed at Fishermen’s Village Marina, A CRUISERS NET SPONSOR, you are certain to enjoy visiting Western Florida’s beautiful Charlotte Harbor/Peace River.
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Pass It On
This summer, save on every splash and stroke with a Splash Pass or Aquatic Center Pass! If you’re planning regular visits to our waterparks or the West Ashley Aquatic Center, these value passes let you play more while paying less. Get yours today!
Boogie on the Pier
Moonlight Mixers continue at the hottest dance spot in town: the Folly Beach Pier! Lace up those dancing shoes and join us on June 6 for cold drinks, unbeatable ocean views, and the beach music you know and love. Get your tickets to the dance floor today!
Just for Kids
Calling all curious kids! Our annual Summer Entertainment Series kicks off this week with pirate lessons from Drama Kids Charleston South. And you and your grown-ups can join us every Thursday this summer at Wannamaker County Park for more awesomely fun programs.
Everyone In!
On June 8, Inclusive Swim Night returns to Splash Island Waterpark. People with disabilities and their families and caregivers will have the waterpark to themselves for a fun-filled, sensory-friendly evening. Get your tickets today!
Swim, Bike, Run
Ready to try a tri? There’s still time to sign up for the first race in this summer’s Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series on June 15. If you’re not up for racing but want to support the athletes, check out our volunteer opportunities!
Holiday Staycation
Your holiday getaway could be right around the corner! We’re raffling off a stay in one of our cottages at James Island County Park during the Holiday Festival of Lights. The best part? All proceeds are going to the Charleston County Parks Foundation. Donate for your chance to be the lucky winner.
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Do you want to help shape a more accessible future for Charleston County Parks? We are seeking passionate individuals to join our Public Accessibility Advisory Committee. We’re looking for advocates to bridge the gap between CCPRC and the local disability community so that we can provide programs and services that can better serve individuals with disabilities. We invite you to apply today!
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Roam lies on mooring #3 in Alofi Bay, Niue. We have the bay to ourselves.
Thirteen-hundred miles of open ocean lie between French Polynesia and the Kingdom of Tonga. There are very few places to stop. The single-island nation of Niue (New-Way) is one. It’s not only a great rest stop; it’s a worthy destination unto itself.
The Savage Rock
Captain James Cook, who, after three attempts to land, famously dubbed it “Savage Island” due to what he perceived as a hostile reception (it was, in fact, locals painted with red fe’i banana). Today, it’s called the “Rock of Polynesia” as it pops up out of nowhere in the middle of the Pacific. I’d suggest calling it “Friendly Rock” because of the friendly, enthusiastic islanders who genuinely love having “yacthies” visit their island.
Niue lies along the long route between French Polynesia and Tonga.
There is no protected harbor on Niue. It’s a deep, open roadstead. You can’t anchor. The local yacht club installs 15 moorings every season. These are in excellent condition and well maintained. They remove them during the off-season to refresh all of the components. You have to reserve one and pay for it in advance.
Running from the WARC
We were fortunate to get a reservation. We are running in front of a large group of boats participating in the World ARC—a rally of 26 boats who sail around the world together over the course of 15 months. They had reserved all of the moorings and were behind us in Bora Bora, hot on our heels. The Niue Yacht Club gave us three nights. We’d then have to leave to make room for the WARC boats. For now, we have the bay to ourselves.
Diving Niue
I’d heard great things about scuba diving in Niue. I wasn’t prepared for what I experienced. Caves and sea snakes. And crystal clear water. And big coralscapes.
The Niue Blue dive operation is based in New Zealand. The Kiwi crew and guides rotate through every few months. It’s a well-run operation. Guides Jackson and Ant picked me up from our boat one morning. They had one other long-time client with them. Only four of us. One guide remained in the boat while three of us dived.
Jackson: “Hey Jim, how do you feel about caves?”
Ant: “Hey Jim, how do you feel about snakes?”
I think I mumbled something about my life being in their hands. With that, we blasted off across the bay to their first favorite spot—Bubble Cave.
Katuali: Niue’s venomous, flat-tailed sea snake
We saw hundreds, if not thousands, of Niue’s famous Katuali venomous3 sea snakes. Outside the caves, they swim freely. In the caves, they are wrapped up in tight mating balls—some several feet in diameter. Above the surface, they lounged on the stalagmites and rocks inside the caves.
This is the kind of place where I could see spending a week, diving every morning and never getting tired of it.
Driving Around Niue
Pam rented a car to tour the island while I was diving. Unlike pretty much everywhere else in the world, Niue insists you get a local driver’s license. I’m not sure why they have this rule, but they are serious about it. Tourists apparently like it because it’s a cool souvenir to take home.
Helping the police chief get her printer back online.
Pam tried to get one, but the police station ID card printer was broken. They let her drive around without it while various people came and went from the police station trying to fix the printer. So much for the serious rule about having a local Niue driver’s license.
She is legal to drive in Niue!
That afternoon, we went back by the police station to see how the printer was doing. Despite my objections, Pam often volunteers me to help people with their computer problems5. The police chief was eager for help. Instead of intervening directly, I introduced her to Google Gemini and let them work things out together, which they quickly did. The printer was again spitting out ID cards. Pam got her license. We were legal. And, Niue has a resident AI expert now.
The loss of the Anastacia
A week earlier, we sat out some bad weather in Aitutaki, Cook Islands. That same disturbance passed over Niue. It caused the wind and seas to swing around and come from the west, making Alofi Bay a dangerous lee shore.6
There were several boats on moorings. Two left the mooring field and took shelter in the lee of the island on the other side, sailing back and forth on the east side for 48 hours. Two boats decided to ride it out on their moorings (despite warnings against it). One survived; one did not.
The Swedish-flagged, Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44i, Anastacia, was lost when it broke free of its mooring and foundered on the reef in front of the town. It didn’t take long for the waves and the rocks to reduce it to small bits.
I won’t speculate on the skipper’s decision-making. These are always complex situations. It’s impossible to fully appreciate what they were facing. She wrote about it on the ship’s blog.
What we did see was the aftermath. The day after we arrived, the town citizens met with the island’s Prime Minister to confront the issue. The theme was a proposal to remove all moorings from Alofi Bay so that something like this would never happen again.
Locals salvage the wreck of Anastacia as she founders on the reef in front of the town of Alofi. Photo: Broadcasting Corporation of Niue
The wreckage left behind an environmental calamity. The fiberglass hull had been reduced to a kind of fiberglass fuzz that was all over the reef surface. Locals were engaged in a daily surface clean-up operation. The dive shop was running afternoon clean-up dives in an effort to get the debris off the bottom. It was a mess. People were angry.
Decisions that seem clear-cut after the fact are not so clear-cut in the moment. I think about our own experiences. Like a few days earlier in Aitutaki, where we had wind gusts to 44 knots. A slightly different weather trajectory, and we might be telling a different story. Often, we are more lucky than good.
The forecast models showed another disturbance forming near Tonga a few days out. It was forecast to track toward Niue. Some of the WARC boats seeing this, diverted north to Samoa. This freed up some of the moorings in Niue. The yacht club let us know we were free to spend another day or two should we so desire.
We could have made it work. But Anastacia’s fate was on our minds. The sea state was forecast to be smooth for the next day—less than two meters. The wind was blowing in the right direction. It would be a good chance to make the run to Tonga with good weather margins. Our weather router, MetBob agreed with the plan.
We woke to our alarms at midnight, slipped our mooring lines, and sailed west out of the bay and into the black night toward Tonga.
Customs Departure Tax: $150NZD per person (yes, that’s a lot)
Clearance Fee: $50NZD
Clearance was handled ashore on the wharf and in the customs office. Nobody came to the boat.
Gallery
Breakfast underway, offshore. Pam froze a bunch of croissants we got in French Polynesia. They are true luxury out on the ocean.
Some of our passages are “dead downwind.” We’re sailing with the wind directly behind us. We’ll often dispense with the mainsail and fly our reaching sails “wing-and-wing.” Here, “Jack,” the Code65 to port, and “Jill,” the Code Zero to starboard. In theory this is a safer setup than flying a spinnaker because both sails can be furled without leaving the cockpit. In practice, it can be a bit fidgety to set and douse. I’m not convinced I love this arrangement.
Arriving at Mooring #3 in Alofi Bay, Niue. We time our passages so that we arrive during daylight. We cut it close here, arriving at sunset. But this is a wide-open bay, and the navigation is straightforward. The Niue Yacht Club puts reflective tape and reflective numbers on the mooring balls. We found them easily with a spotlight.
Our downwind, reaching sails are flown from the “longeron” (fancy French term for bow sprit). Rigging them sometimes requires a balance beam performance on my part. And yes, I have fallen off (but not with my phone—yet). Simone Biles I am not.
Dinghy lift: Alofi Bay is an open roadstead. There is always a surge against the wharf. They make it easy to hoist your dinghy out of the water and set it on the wharf. There is usually a local around to help.
Like the Cook Islands, Niue is well supplied by New Zealand. Matson Shipping’s “Olomana” moored here for two days while the crew shuttled containers ashore.
The scuba diving in Niue was some of the most unique and memorable ever for me. Niue Blue is a first-class dive operation. Kiwi dive guides, Ant and Jackson took good care of me. Photo: Jackson, Niue Blue
Surfacing inside “Bubble Cave.” Lit with our dive lights. The cave is sealed and it pressurizes with the surge. You have to equalize your ears much like you would in a plane. The surge also vaporizes the surface into a mist. The Katuali sea snakes hang out in here.
Niue is known for Katuali—a highly venomous, flat-tailed sea snake. You see them on the surface frequently. When you dive the caves you find them in abundance. Sometimes in a mating ball one meter in diameter. They have tiny mouths. You’d have to try hard to get bitten. It would be bad if you did. Like most marine life, they are timid.
Our ongoing quest for decent pizza in faraway places. Kaiika, Alofi. Like Aitutaki, Niue has great eateries. A welcome change from the culinary food dessert of French Polynesia. New Yorkers might take issue with the pizza “style” here.
Roam in Alofi Bay, Niue.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases FY26 Civil Works Budget Outlining the Administration’s Proposed Projects and Programs
May was an important month for waterway federal funding news. In addition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) release of their work plan for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) funding on May 15th, we received more good news when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released their FY2026 Civil Works Budget on May 30th providing the detailed information on the President’s priorities for project and program funding for FY26.
Building on the $33 million allocated for FY25, the administration is proposing over $38 million dollars for waterway projects to be conducted in all five states in FY26. Below is a summary of the FY26 President’s budget request for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Summary of appropriations in the FY26 President’s budget VA – $5.413M NC – $12.490M SC – $9.213M GA – $6.265M FL – $4.83M Total- $38.211 million Our New Jersey partners are also included in the President’s budget for $1.715 million
This funding level is the highest amount we have ever received in the President’s budget. This great start is a testament to our collective voice of waterway stakeholders and partnering with the Corps in building a national program for the last decade.
Looking forward
With the release of the Administration’s funding priorities, our focus turns to the FY26 appropriations process in Congress. The next step will be for the House of Representatives and Senate to develop their appropriation bills as the current FY25 funding ends on September 30, 2025. We are hopeful that we will be able to secure additional funding above the President’s request through Community Project Funding. In previous years, Rep. Greg Murphy (NC) and Rep. Brian Mast (FL) requested project funding for the waterway. We are also continuing to request Congress to add in funding pots for Additional Dredging needs for Inland Waterways; Small, Remote or Subsistence Navigation; and General Navigation into the Corps’ Operations & Maintenance Account, which could lead to more funding for the waterway.
Below is a table outlining our recent success and the current state of waterway funding. It is possible that we could surpass the $220 million in waterway funding over the past five years with another successful funding cycle in 2026.
BoatUS Has All the Hurricane Preparation Info Boaters Need
An article from our partners at BoatUS
Recreational boaters whose vessels have been impacted by a hurricane and came out relatively unscathed know it all starts with a plan. With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season starting June 1, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is offering free hurricane boat preparation information at BoatUS.com/Hurricanes.
Online help is available to every boat owner (no BoatUS membership required), whether their vessel will have to weather the storm in the slip, stored ashore, on a boat lift, in canals, at marinas, boat clubs or hurricane holes.
The storm-planning help includes downloadable guides, videos and in-depth articles from BoatUS, the nation’s largest boating advocacy, services and safety group with more than 725,000 members and with more than 40 years of experience in hurricane preparedness for recreational vessels and post-storm recovery.
The simplest way to begin a customized boat hurricane damage avoidance plan is to download the one-page Hurricane Planning worksheet, which will help you determine a boat’s storage and protection options and needs, including any special equipment such as chafe protection, shackles or extra line.
Also offered is the “BoatUS Magazine Hurricane Preparations Guide,” which offers proven tips and techniques, and the “Guide for Preparing Boats and Marinas for Hurricanes” – a helpful resource for marina and boat club staff, community resiliency managers and local government organizations that focus on protecting boating facilities.
A video playlist includes nine hurricane preparation videos on a range of topics, making it easy to understand the steps to take, such as how to tie up your boat, how to set fenders, and what to do after a hurricane has come through.
If a named storm approaches, BoatUS.com/Hurricanes offers great up-to-the-minute storm tracking tools with live satellite images.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends November 30. For more, go to BoatUS.com/Hurricanes.
Savannah, Georgia SAVE THE DATE | AIWA Annual Meeting November 18-20, 2025
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Richard Sydney-Smith’s Christina before she was broken up for scrap.
Spouted, Touted, Pleaded Guilty
He spouted conspiracy theories and touted anti-vaccination positions while anchored in the Dominican Republic. Now, Australian Richard Sydney-Smith is waiting to be sentenced for drug smuggling and hoping for less than 10 years in prison.
Sydney-Smith arrived at the country’s hurricane-hole harbor—Luperon Bay—sometime in 2020 in what had been a beautiful steel ketch named Christina. She met her end as scrap in late 2023 after demonstrating a tendency to take on water at anchor.
Next thing we know, according to court documents, a Dominican drug figure named Orlando had hooked Sydney-Smith up with associate Onasis Lisandro Garcia, and the two of them were piloting Easy Times, a 44-foot sportfisherman, en route from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale. She was packed with 157 kilograms of cocaine.
Easy Times was intercepted on the evening of October 27, 2024 about two nautical miles east of the entrance to Fort Lauderdale.
With the jig being up, Sydney-Smith and Garcia quickly went into cooperation mode. Authorities switched out the cocaine with fake stuff and allowed the two men to arrange a rendezvous with their shoreside connections, bringing the total number of arrestees to five.
What some readers may find amazing is how cheap Sydney-Smith and Garcia were willing to work, given that the sentence for smuggling ranges from ten years to life. They told investigators they were paid $3,000 up front with a promise of “$5,000 to $10,000” upon delivery.
They are pleading guilty in hope that the court will grant them mercy, something along the lines of a five-year sentence.
Christina in better times.
Swaggering Keys Grifter Self-Deports
Jan Kanafoski is a Polish national whose criminal career began in Georgia, where he did time for theft. After that he engaged in a series of escapades—and had another criminal conviction—involving boats that burned, disappeared, were repossessed or given to him as gifts by older men who (one assumes) admired Kanafoski’s swaggering streetwise demeanor.
Kanafoski, 45, became a fixture along the Key West waterfront and, for a while, at Isla Mujeres in Mexico.
Kanafoski’s latest ride is Baba Yaga, a 66-foot catamaran, which was provided to him by an “investor” who was told the boat could make money in charter, according to Kanafoski’s son. Baba Yaga is a famous witch from Slavic folklore.
According to Baba Yaga’s most recent AIS coordinates, she was crossing the Atlantic after a stay in Bermuda. Her last available position was 40 days ago, just west of the Azores.
Baba Yaga, according to Kanafoski.
While at Bermuda, Kanafoski took the time to explain his plight in a Facebook post.
His “kid” denies informing on dad. Kid said he believes that the ICE story is made-up. Kid believes dad actually has self-deported, heading back to the mother country because he has cancer and wants to take advantage of Poland’s national health care.
The Coast Guard plan to discontinue 350 navigational bouys in the Northeast has been met with widespread chagrin in the maritime community, and the deadline for comments is fast approaching.
The latest criticism comes from the Maine Legislature, which last week passed a unanimous resolution opposing the whole idea, arguing that it represented false savings at the expense of public safety.
But since the Coast Guard comment structure appears built around the question of whether to remove each bouy individually, it is not clear that opposition to the entire concept will carry much weight.
Ted Arisaka is a cruiser and Loose Cannon correspondent who actually took the time to break down the buoys in question by type. His analysis showed 48 sea bouys had been targeted for removal, and further broke them down…
By State and Light Type (0=No Light)
By State and Sound Type (0=No Sound)
Caught in the act: Members of different termite species mate.
Termite Love Child Going to Sea?
Loose Cannon recently published a story quoting scientist Thomas Chouvenc, who believes boats are exporting Florida termites to who knows where. Now, he’s learned that it’s actually worse. He’s discovered a hybrid termite and expects this new super species will also be stowing away.
“Having the two of the most destructive termite species in the world hybridizing here in Florida is a real concern and it is unknown if in the long term it will be a major economic problem that would be compounded to the one already caused by both species,” Chouvenc said.
In his just-published essay in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society, Chouvenc wrote that invasive Formosan subterranean termites and Asian subterranean termites have gone from coexistence to cross-breeding. Chovenc is associate professor of urban entomology at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, a branch of the University of Florida.
The university’s news release on Chovenc’s study concluded:
With the presence of established hybrid colonies now confirmed, scientists warn that the consequences could extend far beyond Florida. Fort Lauderdale, dubbed the “yacht capital of the world,” is a known hotspot for the introduction and spread of invasive termites via recreational boats. Chouvenc’s previous research has shown that private vessels are a major pathway for spreading these species internationally.
“This may be a Florida story now, but it likely won’t stay just in Florida. Give it time,” he warned.
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Oriental is a wonderful place with friendly people and good food. And, if you do stop here, by all means, eat at our good friends at Toucan’s Grill and stay at Oriental Marina, a SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR!
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