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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:42:10 -0400, wrote: What are the anchorage in Hawk Channel? We have a draft of 5 1/2 ft. IMHO there aren't any really good places that have good holding and are protected. We've ended up trying to get a couple of days of decent weather and running down the Keys and just anchoring where-ever. Some of the places where we have anchored a 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky 2. North east of Tavernier Key in the deeper water east of the R4 buoy. 3. West of Indian Key Indian Key has or did have moorings, but they aren't or haven't been reliable. 4. West of Boot Key, south of the Boot Key Harbor entrance channel. 5. In Boot Key Harbor just east of the draw bridge. Somewhat limited space as most of the harbor has moorings. Although since I understand that the drawbridge is open all the time, there may be more space. There's a current through Boot Key Harbor, and there is (or was) an overhead power line across the cut. 6. New Found Harbor east of Little Torch Key. I understand they've restricted anchoring here. 7. East of Summerland Key, just north of the bridge. There are also many public mooring buoys near the dive sites along the reef on the south side of Hawk Channel. http://www.divespots.com/scuba/site-...keys/area.info http://fla-keys.com/diving/ |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Rosalie B." wrote in message ... Wayne.B wrote: Hello Rosalie! Where you been? |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"mmc" wrote:
"Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . Wayne.B wrote: Hello Rosalie! Where you been? You mean recently? My last two cruises were on the big boats. Bob and I took a cruise through the Panama Canal and back last winter. This URL starts with our visit to Grand Turk, and links all the way through to Peru and back http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/a66ee/#TL This is the start of the visit We were supposed to get to Grand Turk at noon, but we were coming in during Trivia, so right afterwards I went out and took pictures. I did get some photos of the lighthouse. I was so anxious to get ashore to find out how I could get to the lighthouse itself that I took two rolls and two slices of bread from the buffet. The Port person said to go to the information desk and ask about a taxi. There was no information desk. We bought hats for ourselves - I lost my good hat in Curacao and left the one with a chin strap to keep it from blowing off that I bought there on our boat. Bob bought a straw one and I bought a fabric one. We saw the little booth (smaller than a reasonable sized science fair project) but there was no one there. We walked out to the taxi stand and they said to go back to the booth and look for someone in a green shirt. The man (in a cream shirt) eventually came to the booth and he explained that his tour was an hour and included the lighthouse and would be $19 each. A taxi out to the lighthouse and back would be $18 each ($9 each way) So we opted for the tour which would leave in 20 minutes. The tour would have cost $39 each from the ship. I wanted to get Bob something to eat, so we walked over to Margaretaville. I ordered conch soup which I thought would be fast, but Bob ordered a fish sandwich. And it didn't come quickly enough for us so we took it with us. We walked back to the stand and they gave us wrist bands. I drank my soup (I had to put some ice cubes in it to get it cool enough to drink and I spilled some of it on my dress) and we walked to the bus. I got on and sat by the window in what must have been the smallest seat on the bus. The distance between the back of the seat and the back of the next seat was exactly the distance from my hips to my knees. Anyway the tour included a narrative by the driver (also the person who sold us the tickets), and he explained about the original salt ponds and how things were after Hurricane Ike (category 4). Apparently the British Navy came in for the recovery and ordered 300 body bags - they didn't have to use any of them. You can see that there is extensive damage to the island, but the roads are cleared now, people are getting their homes back together, and the shops at the dock are about half back in business We went out to the lighthouse, and Bob took one of the cameras and walked out to the end of the property and took pictures, while I took pictures from between the lighthouse and the bus. Originally there was an admission charge, but there was no one to take the money. Originally there was a refreshment stand, but now there's just a lady with a cooler. And in June I took my granddaughter on a Baltic cruise. I haven't finished doing all the ports on this trip yet, but this is the first port in Estonia and most of the other narratives are linked although not all have photos. http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/ab5b6/#TL And I got a cold which turned into bronchitis and I was sick for about a month. Finally gave in and went to the doctor. |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Rosalie B." wrote in message
... 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... L8R Skip, still refitting - stay tuned for the log post in a week or two :{)) -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog The Society for the Preservation of Tithesis commends your ebriated and scrutible use of delible and defatigable, which are gainly, sipid and couth. We are gruntled and consolate that you have the ertia and eptitude to choose such putably pensible tithesis, which we parage. Stamp out Sesquipedalianism |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:26:38 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: "Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... Yes, I agree but it may depend on where exactly you drop the hook. We've been there at least 3 times and never had a problem. In a strong easterly I'd go somewhere else but it's very convenient otherwise. |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Flying Pig" wrote in message
... "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... Was that before or after you dragged up on that reef and had to be rescued? Wilbur Hubbard |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:
"Flying Pig" wrote in message ... "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... We've only anchored there once, and there was sand - in between the rocks We could see the anchor chain snaking between the rocks. We were only there for the afternoon in calm weather before going to the Bahamas so we didn't bother to try to get the anchor to take hold. Was that before or after you dragged up on that reef and had to be rescued? Wilbur Hubbard That was on the other side of Florida |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com... "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... Was that before or after you dragged up on that reef and had to be rescued? Wilbur Hubbard :{)) Boy, Wilbur, you sure don't pay much attention, or have a lousy memory. We went on the reef in a storm, happily sailing along at 5.5 under triple reef. Lydia's seasickness and a sick radar (now resolved, at long last - see my upcoming log post) were the contributing factors (see my "I learned about sailing" from that in the archives). While we have dragged on occasion, despite the squall which came through as we were coming back to the boat, that wasn't one of them. I'm going to eat dinner and then relax after a day at both ends of the mast installing the new (factory spec, DAMN Tropica Marine for not doing that when they installed it, causing it not to work for these several years) radar cable. L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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Skippy is a dysfunctional PUTZ! His wife is even worse for abiding the loser!!!
"Flying Pig" wrote in message
... "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... "Flying Pig" wrote in message ... "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Holding not good - rocky Really? The only time I've been there it was just fine with what appeared to be sand... Was that before or after you dragged up on that reef and had to be rescued? Wilbur Hubbard :{)) Boy, Wilbur, you sure don't pay much attention, or have a lousy memory. We went on the reef in a storm, happily sailing along at 5.5 under triple reef. Lydia's seasickness and a sick radar (now resolved, at long last - see my upcoming log post) were the contributing factors (see my "I learned about sailing" from that in the archives). While we have dragged on occasion, despite the squall which came through as we were coming back to the boat, that wasn't one of them. I'm going to eat dinner and then relax after a day at both ends of the mast installing the new (factory spec, DAMN Tropica Marine for not doing that when they installed it, causing it not to work for these several years) radar cable. OH MY GAWD! Skippy, are you completely incapable of learning the simplest of sailing concepts? One sailing concept you have consistently been completely unable to learn is the simple fact that if you can't see where the fark you're going, unless you are off soundings then STOP. Take all way off! Don't carry on! Don't make excuses. ANCHOR! What a clueless hazard to navigation you and yours are, Skippy! Pathetic and hopeless. What kind of an IDIOT keeps sailing when there is zero visibility while relying on a dysfunctional radar? Answer: a huge and pathetic moron along the lines of Robert Brody, Mike Manners and Bruce at the Bangkok Dock. What kind of an undiscerning and desperate woman lives with a man like you or these other waste of spacers? A totally hopeless and inept, incapable of getting a real man, Barbie Doll of a clinging vine, know nothing, hapless, probably blonde with a death wish bimbo? Hey Lydia, one of these days perhaps you'll get the chance to sail with a real man and a real sailor - perhaps then and only then will you understand the depths of your ignorance. Forget about how great a lover Skippy might be (if he's as mediocre at love as he is at sailing then he probably thinks the belly button is for copulation - probably because it fits his penis well). Ya know, I bet you've never had a REAL man in your entire life. Skippy's lucky if he has a two-inch intellect and a 1/4 inch long sailing experience. Your adulation is nothing more than an admission that you're practically a virgin. Heaven forbid you ever run into the likes of me and my 10 inch attitude with the same to back it up. Wilbur Hubbard |
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Skippy is a dysfunctional PUTZ! His wife is even worse for abiding the loser!!!
"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message anews.com... "Flying Pig" wrote in message I'm going to eat dinner and then relax after a day at both ends of the mast installing the new (factory spec, DAMN Tropica Marine for not doing that when they installed it, causing it not to work for these several years) radar cable. OH MY GAWD! Skippy, are you completely incapable of learning the simplest of sailing concepts? One sailing concept you have consistently been completely unable to learn is the simple fact that if you can't see where the fark you're going, unless you are off soundings then STOP. Take all way off! Don't carry on! Don't make excuses. ANCHOR! What a clueless hazard to navigation you and yours are, Skippy! Pathetic and hopeless. What kind of an IDIOT keeps sailing when there is zero visibility while relying on a dysfunctional radar? Answer: a huge and pathetic moron along the lines of Robert Brody, Mike Manners and Bruce at the Bangkok Dock. What kind of an undiscerning and desperate woman lives with a man like you or these other waste of spacers? A totally hopeless and inept, incapable of getting a real man, Barbie Doll of a clinging vine, know nothing, hapless, probably blonde with a death wish bimbo? Hey Lydia, one of these days perhaps you'll get the chance to sail with a real man and a real sailor - perhaps then and only then will you understand the depths of your ignorance. Forget about how great a lover Skippy might be (if he's as mediocre at love as he is at sailing then he probably thinks the belly button is for copulation - probably because it fits his penis well). Ya know, I bet you've never had a REAL man in your entire life. Skippy's lucky if he has a two-inch intellect and a 1/4 inch long sailing experience. Your adulation is nothing more than an admission that you're practically a virgin. Heaven forbid you ever run into the likes of me and my 10 inch attitude with the same to back it up. Wilbur Hubbard Lydia says that if Skippy had one inch more, he would be a king.... But, if Skippy had one inch less, he would be a...v V V V V V V V V V V V V V V QUEEN! Just like Ganze. |
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