Ancient mariners used to gauge how fast their ship was moving by throwing a piece of wood or other floatable object over the vessel’s bow then counting the amount of time that elapsed before its stern passed the object.
Why is a ship’s speed measured in knots?
history.com
There are five cuts in the Satilla River basin, including the often used Umbrella Cut, an alternate route for ICW cruisers. This estuary restoration does not include Umbrella Cut or the Floyd Creek Cut. See Umbrella Cut.
Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Program helps fund coastal estuary restoration
GADNR – Coastal Resources Division
Outer Banks Forever is proud to support our Outer Banks national parks in a variety of ways — large and small.
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The choppy water problem while running the AICW’s passage across Georgia’s St. Andrew Sound results from the Waterway’s passage practically out into the briny blue, in order to clear Horseshoe Shoal, which occupies the Sound’s mid-width. Recognizing the potential for very dusty crossing here, the US Army Corps of Engineers has provided an alternate route, known as Umbrella Cut, BUT low water depths on this alternate passage can run as thin as 4 1/2 feet.
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Northern End of Umbrella Cut
Image Courtesy of Jim and Peg Healy
Our thanks to William Harrell for this beautiful drone photo.
Biologists race to learn what it is and maybe how to thwart it.
Mystery disease is killing Caribbean corals
ScienceNews for Students
In the ocean off southwest England, cold-water kelp is being replaced by a warm-water species, with profound effects for the local ecosystem.
The Surprising Consequences of a Seaweed Switcheroo
Hakai Magazine by Rebecca Dzombak
Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost?
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt
Hakai Magazine
The Friends of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park are taking this famous sentiment one step further – by installing a state-of-the-art coral camera to showcase what lives in our waters.
The Coral Cam presents a beautiful undersea vista. CONTRIBUTED
NEW PENNEKAMP STATE PARK CORAL CAM GIVES A VIEW INTO THE BLUE – Florida
Keys Weekly
Click Here To View the Cruisers Net Florida Keys Marina Directory Listing For John Pennekamp Marina
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Largo Sound
There is always plenty to do around Charlotte Harbor, especially at the Sunset Beach Club! 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.
Click link for a calendar of events for Sunset Beach Club August 2022
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Click Here To View the Western Florida Cruisers Net Marina Directory Listing For Fishermen’s Village
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Fishermen’s Village
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Thank you to everyone who has adopted a sea turtle nest this summer! 
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