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Advice on Anchorages Needed
St Marys Georgia, on the St Marys River not only has Langs Marina for
dockage but some well great anchoring areas. There is also a couple of permanent moorings available (through Langs Marina I think). If you need a place to stay while in St Marys, check out RoseLovell.com, a well maintained historic home available for short term rental for much less than you will find on other parts of the coast. Rosalie B. wrote: "Mike" wrote: I would like to take my Endeavour 32 down to Florida from NC offshore, on a coastwise route, over a series of six weekends. I would be interested to hear from sailors in the Charleston, St. Simons Island, New Smyrna Beach, and Stuart areas, about the feasibility of leaving the boat unattended at anchor for up to a month at a time in between trips, in those areas, and any suggested anchorages. Thanks. I agree with Roger about long term anchoring, Wayne (about Skipper Bob's book) and Larry about Charleston. I don't know about St. Simons Island as we have never been there except for one overnight anchorage off Little St. Simons.. I also would advise taking moorings (or going into a marina) rather than anchoring and leaving the boat unattended. If you want long term marina stays, there is Harbour Village marina in Hampstead NC MM 266.3 that used to offer long term rates for people north of the Maryland line. If we were going to go coastwise offshore, we'd probably go from Beaufort NC to Little River, Masonboro or Southport. There's not much anchoring that I'd recommend in the Cape Fear River area though. From Cape Fear, it is an easy overnight to Charleston. From Charleston it is another overnight to the St. Mary's River. You can go into Port Royal, but that's backwards at an acute angle north (although Beaufort SC is a nice town). You could also go into the Savannah River. But we've never bothered to do anything except Charleston to St. Mary's after the first time when we left from Jekyll Island to go out and around to the St. Mary's River, but it's a short daysail and just as easy to do it from Charleston. You could also go on down to the St. Johns River. After you get to the St. Mary's River, and if you weren't going to live aboard, you can probably stay pretty cheaply in Lang's marina in St. Mary's Georgia. In the other direction (south) from the St. Mary's River is Fernandina Beach where there is an anchorage. We have always traveled inside from Fernandina to Fort Pierce. Some people come into the St. Augustine inlet, but I've seen the surf all across that inlet and would not want to do it myself. I don't know why you would want to go to New Smyrna - not that it isn't a nice town, but there's almost no dockage and no marinas there. I've never liked the Stuart area either. If there was anyplace in central Florida to anchor, I'd recommend Titusville. Not Melbourne though - it has a current ordinance prohibiting anchoring for more than 72 hours. Just north of Fort Pierce, Vero Beach has moorings. And a little farther north, Cocoa seems to have some boats anchored. We usually go from Fort Pierce to Miami overnight. We don't stop in Lake Worth/Stuart anymore. . Did that once. |
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Advice on Anchorages Needed
"Larry" wrote in message ... "KLC Lewis" wrote in et: And "Palmetto Bugs," and the wonderful smell of that paper mill... You are talking about the state bird of South Carolina. Btw, we had some friends that stopped here in Beaufort for a couple weeks and it was 14 months before they were able to cut the lines and get away...... Leanne And yes I know that they say the Carolina Wren is the official state bird |
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