Rosalie B. wrote in message news:...


My husband came back from the marina and said the guy who used to be
across the dock from us told him that
b) that no one is allowed to anchor in the Dry Tortugas
anymore.


somebody says something that somebody heard that somebody repeated and
the next thing you know nobody is allowed to anchor in the Dry
Tortugas anymore !

I think the true context has been lost, but in a nutshell there are a
few teensy-tiny grains of truth,

there is no anchoring in the reserves as described he

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/cruising...tugas2001.html

in addition vessels Staying overnight are required to anchor within 1
mile of Garden Key...(no anchoring off Loggerhead for the night.)