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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... 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. Some of the places where we have anchored a 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Decent in settled weather and weather from the NW to the NE. Marginal in prevailing winds and summer thunderstorms. 2. North east of Tavernier Key in the deeper water east of the R4 buoy. Not so good. Better to try to tuck in West of the long sandbar that extends east from the key. 3. West of Indian Key Sucks big time. Always a swell that has your rolling on your beam ends. 4. West of Boot Key, south of the Boot Key Harbor entrance channel. Too much boat traffic and inconsiderate wakes. Open to the east and dangerous during thunderstorms. 5. In Boot Key Harbor just east of the draw bridge. Decent. 6. New Found Harbor east of Little Torch Key. Go farther in and it's not bad just don't get near the highway one bridge and powerlines or they will run your ass out of there. Restricted because a sailboat with tall masts got into the powerlines and caused a massive power failure a couple years ago. 7. East of Summerland Key, just north of the bridge. Too much current. There are also many public mooring buoys near the dive sites along the reef on the south side of Hawk Channel. Terrible during the day because of all the boat traffic and untenable in any winds greater than about 15 knots because of large swell from the Atlantic. You'll get knocked on your arse. Wilbur Hubbard |
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Anchorage in Hawk Channel
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:43:54 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message .. . 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. Some of the places where we have anchored a 1. North of Rodriguez Key near Key Largo. Decent in settled weather and weather from the NW to the NE. Marginal in prevailing winds and summer thunderstorms. 2. North east of Tavernier Key in the deeper water east of the R4 buoy. Not so good. Better to try to tuck in West of the long sandbar that extends east from the key. 3. West of Indian Key Sucks big time. Always a swell that has your rolling on your beam ends. 4. West of Boot Key, south of the Boot Key Harbor entrance channel. Too much boat traffic and inconsiderate wakes. Open to the east and dangerous during thunderstorms. 5. In Boot Key Harbor just east of the draw bridge. Decent. 6. New Found Harbor east of Little Torch Key. Go farther in and it's not bad just don't get near the highway one bridge and powerlines or they will run your ass out of there. Restricted because a sailboat with tall masts got into the powerlines and caused a massive power failure a couple years ago. 7. East of Summerland Key, just north of the bridge. Too much current. There are also many public mooring buoys near the dive sites along the reef on the south side of Hawk Channel. Terrible during the day because of all the boat traffic and untenable in any winds greater than about 15 knots because of large swell from the Atlantic. You'll get knocked on your arse. Both Rosalie and Wilbur make valid points regarding the suitability of the anchorages that I listed but we have used them all at one time or another in the last few years with no problems. You just have to factor in weather and sea conditions as appropriate. There are other anchorage possibilities north of the Keys if you are near a suitable bridge and winds are out of the south. |
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