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From: Claiborne Young <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Subject: SSECN Alert, 1/9/09
To: [email protected]
*In This Issue* *I. Sarasota, FL Passes 72-hour Anchoring
Limit<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK3>
* *II. Okeechobee Waterway Rim Route
Closed<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK6>
* *III. Malaria Reported in the Exumas
(Bahamas)??????<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK12>
* *IV. AICW Channel Dredged North of Charleston,
SC<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK13>
* *V. Dismal Swamp Canal (North Carolina) Closed Unitil
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* *VI. Sisters Creek Bridge (Statute Mile 740) May Be
Disrupted<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK15>
* *VII. Marathon, Florida Info
Needed<http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=a9SCC6X1Wbg&am=x_s6ocT3aAEJBf1q5FXKJQ#11ebd0e38ceaccd7_LETTER.BLOCK16>
*
* I. Sarasota, FL Passes 72-Hour, Local Anchoring Limit
Hello Fellow Cruisers: * * *
* We have a LOT of cruising news for you in this Alert. Some of it I
consider quite important.
This morning, I received a message from Captain Chris Barlow, that I would
just soon not have had to post. It seems that the city of Sarasota, Florida
has just established a mooring field where the long popular anchorage has
always been, adjacent to the city marina (Marina Jacks). That's not the
upsetting part, even though the fees for mooring here are, to say the least,
substantial.
Rather, what is taxing my blood pressure medicine is a co-provision which
makes it a crime to anchor for longer than 72 hours ANYWHERE IN SARASOTA
BAY. And, I might add, the penalties for violating this statute are
prodigious.
I would be the first to acknowledge that this is a complicated situation.
For almost a year now, I have been receiving e-mails from a group of
Sarasota cruisers who have done their best to establish a sane policy that
still addresses the very real problem of abandoned vessels along the
Sarasota waterfront. At the same time, the state of Florida, as part of
their increasingly erratic effort to address uniform statewide anchoring
regulations, has apparently seen fit to establish Sarasota as some sort of
test case.
We can only hope that this "test" will not serve as a basis for anchorage
regulations in other localities. How anyone can justify a 72-hour anchorage
limit on ALL the waters of Sarasota Bay, based on the presence of an
expensive mooring field off Marina Jacks, falls entirely outside of my
understanding!
All of my fellow cruisers who ANY interest at all in the Florida anchoring
issue, are urged to read Captain Barlow's report. Go to our "All Western
Florida News" page at:
http://www.cruisersnet.net/content-western-florida/west-fl------western-florida/<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31R_aJR5McP0QIhYwYVf9V6E4y_FuNVHbpZtqIUovIKSw0JSDR5xYgnZtH4iBJ1-ZF0EhnAe_wRy1gPYXI2dksbMRiMmH_H6P5gUFzirDb5TpsePvg06_uwf585xv1HC-1GSBAVcCxffYiOxve2Un4Lutv6B4400-6vicixOLBPMzCxhrmni1NAR>
Captain Chris' message currently sits atop this page, though that will
change as new postings are received.
After reading, please send your comments to me at
[email protected]. And, don't forget to take your blood
pressure pills!
*
*II. * *Okeechobee Rim Route "Closed"*
* When the waters finally deepened on Lake Okeechobee and the Okeechobee
Waterway in general last spring, I, like many of you, I'm sure, thought that
both the "Lake Route" and the "Rim Route" (the two routes used to cross wide
Lake Okeechobee), were both once again open to navigation.
NOT so for the "Rim Route." Just this morning, we posted a message from
Captain Ed Henn who discovered this passage is still officially closed. I
followed up with a phone call to the Army Corps of Engineers office in
Clewiston, Florida, and confirmed Ed's data.
So, if a cruise of the useful Okeechobee Waterway is in your future plans,
run, don't walk, to our "All Okeechobee News" page at:
http://www.cruisersnet.net/okeechobee/content-okeechobee/<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31S9PwrjDZPPDGUaCfCdS9oZr9vNfrg1pLru2djCLIwyV3efYkDoezHlkfanI1Ozf-V1DQ8pY0HxpRVaXAvU0pxEDkshsPf__MxbEdX2wZJil4LBh69gXkgcJN0ULqAggCBfJz4yHubmf5XzqkcOjIZ1>
*
*Malaria Reported in the Exumas (Bahamas)????
* *Talk about a posting sure to get anyone's attention whose bow is pointed
towards the Bahamas, this is it! Just today, we posted a message from
Captain Larry which puts forward an UNCONFIRMED report that malaria may have
broken out in the Exumas. If any member of the cruising community has more
info about this potentially alarming situation, PLEASE e-mail me at **
[email protected]* <[email protected]>*.*
*Please first check out Captain Larry's posting by going to our "All Bahamas
News" page at:*
*http://www.cruisersnet.net/bahamas/bahamas/*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31R7fqFln8UyVT1rK8FDq44zhwY4IL8LeYihcvtYvI89aJ0UtTRDypHhEta3E7DsQQaoYDrLJze5zqggWJi2zBoegGewRyD0IWmg1K8NUd3M8l3fv4G74hNBacyp_vTcMfU1vvQMhBmXLg==>
*AICW Channel Dredged North of Charleston And the Ben Sawyer Bridge (near
Statute Mile 462) *
*If you have taken a few moments to peruse our special "AICW
Problem Stretches" page at:*
* *
*http://www.cruisersnet.net/content-all-other/icw-problem-areas/*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31QHiGxyYh3OO5rY2t9ZlwkzOlfjz48nLYba5Nt92yQ7q3_t0GwBzW2jqQvFrHAzm0GLzcsAYoPj8w8ke7YX6tiAAC7ytq5fQe80CsCKV0KUML4DIq8FFl-tNRCzA-a8UK6FJx9Vi509941XEQDKIyL4vnMGdOEbSDk=>
*you may have noticed that one of the shoal plagued passages was located
just north of the Charleston, SC harbor, not far from the decrepit Ben
Sawyer swing bridge. Well, we have good news!*
* *
*Yesterday, we posted a message from Captains Rob and Monica Tissue, which
reported their sighting of a dredge along this section of the AICW earlier
this month. A subsequent phone call by yours truly to the Army Corps of
Engineers Office in Charleston CONFIRMED that this formerly problem plagued
stretch of the AICW has just been dredged. *
* *
*Hooray! Cross this one off your white knuckle list, at least for the time
being.*
* *
*Check out the Tissue's report on our "All South Carolina News" page at:*
* *
*http://www.cruisersnet.net/content-south-carolina/sc-----south-carolina/*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31SasSANhNSWdDhgWI5f16WjuG0ZCAgIOORS5Gdt6Nn_uhNowIy3bhUc3yNkmzh8mURvhKxlTUkaws5HlbXfdBoxa-9R7vpFCk9rOJlw2wp_tGpPzQBo8Shbq8qkCsflhSjN5jmrDqhzBXtKJA8Uk1GdyCrNk8LA1DUuLVsD7kPRzA==>
*The message in question is currently second from the top on this page,
though that will change as new postings are received.*
* *
*Dismal Swamp Canal (North Carolina AICW Alternate Route) Closed Until
1/16/09*
*I suspect that few, save local cruisers, will be contemplating a trip up or
down the Dismal Swamp Canal during this month. Talk about frost-bite
cruising!*
* *
*However, for those of you who enjoy a touch of old man winter while on the
water, take note that the Dismal Swamp Canal is closed until the 16'th of
this month. This closure has apparnetly been brought about by "storm
damage."*
* *
*Check out the whole story by going to our "All New Carolina News" page at:*
* *
*http://www.cruisersnet.net/north-carolina/nc-----north-carolina/*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31RFRS6lU9Z-R4nqYaJBEhaZCglV0zk-8gtUCzZEPTlg5e3xcwm_DPpEb6rb_3chtlT66PPg8u5a9gGy0Z9wuHQ6Rid_rGxvCi0gF0j-c0OE_aFI3sCLRhV-Q5OR5mvw30zrQC-i6tx8SfYW6IIy4yE_gxcZ_zL0QoU=>
*Stay warm!*
*Sisters Creek Bridge (Statute Mile 740) May Have Restricted Opening
Schedule Starting 1/12/09*
*Now, this ones a little different. Yesterday, we posted a message from
Captain Tom Keenan, on the Net's "Eastern Florida" section about repair work
which is just about to commence on the Sisters Creek bascule bridge. This
span crosses the AICW immediately north of the Waterway's intersection with
the St. Johns River. *
* *
*Now, what's different about this posting is that Capain Tom reports on what
disruption the bridge work will cause to AUTOMOBILE traffic, but he admits
to being unsure about how the construction will affect the span's opening
schedule for cruising craft.*
* *
*So, first check out Captain Tom's posting by going to our "All Eastern
Florida News" page at:*
* *
*
http://www.cruisersnet.net/content-eastern-florida/east-fl-----eastern-florida/
*<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00139hBnpHh31QUXxay-gXYzqztGHesV6I_gnIFLskr7-v4d56crcsyt3U2s0yO1X8IX0nnxYKJoAUmzc-BYpG7wBbEou3FUWdh2i702lEB91ltx-lk-U3L_jSDggTxo8zXqdggPwNhnPbaQBeg8v1tYa9HTUg1CYhnh_tlXd9VkCxalRtmIspOJbO275GeqXc2>
*Then, anyone having further information about changes in this bridge's
opening schedule, if any, PLEASE e-mail me at **
[email protected]* <[email protected]>* *
* *
*Marathon, Florida (Florida Keys) Information Request *
*Quite some time ago we posted a message on the Net's "Florida Keys" section
about new, local regulations being considered by the town council in
Marathon, to address the issue of abandoned boats in Boot Key Harbor. Now,
to be sure, abandoned vessels on these waters ARE a serious problem.
HOWEVER, as they were written, the regulations under consideration would
have made it a crime, at least theoretcially, to leave your boat at all.*
* *
*We are seeking further information as to what finally happened in regards
to this situation. Hopefully, good sense broke out, and the proposed
statutes were revised. Anyone having knowlege of the outcome, PLEASE
e-mail the full details to
**[email protected]*<[email protected]>
*. Many thanks in advance! That's all for now. Good luck and good cruising
to all!
Claiborne S. Young
Salty Southeast Cruisers' Net
http://www.CruisersNet.net
[email protected]
*
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