Left my boat in Stuart. Is that a good spot?

[BandB]

Stuart is a nice place and Sunset Bay is a great marina. Walking into downtown is easy and fun. Nice place to jump to the Bahamas from as well. Not a ton of good anchoring out spots that I know of close by other than Peck Lake, which gets a lot of wakes, but there are likely plenty I don't know about as I haven't looked real hard either. We mainly go across to the Bahamas.

Stuart hurricane history:

Last hit 2005, Wilma hit south of Stuart as a CAT 2. Weaker in Stuart. Some roof damage and trees toppled.

2004 was a bad year. Jeanne hit as a CAT 3. This was 22 days after Frances hit as a CAT 2.

1999, Irene was barely a CAT 1.

1979, David was a CAT 1. Surge of 5'.

1964, Isbell, CAT 3, hit after crossing from West Coast of FL.

1964, Cleo, a CAT 1, hit west of Stuart. Actually hit Indiantown harder than Stuart.

That's the last 55 years.

 

[Dougcole]

Hey I think I saw your boat in those slips near the mooring field. There was a big "slips for lease" sign on them.

Are they reasonable? Looks like a great spot.

Not sure if that was us or not, as there isn't a sign on the dock. We are literally RIGHT next to sunset bay, like sharing a property line with them. You have to go around my boat to get to the Sunset Bay dinghy dock. It's a good spot, a little less $ than SB, but no amenities. I don't think he has any open slips as the yacht broker on the property leases all of them that aren't currently being rented. I can ask though, shoot me PM if you want me to investigate.

A little further up river is a canal behind some condos, next to the park. It looks like a good spot to me as it offers more protection. Not sure if there are any slips for rent there.

 

[cardude01]

Ok thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[RT Firefly]

Greetings,
Re: Post #41 (watch these two systems). Now a tropical storm (Harvey) and another after the second...
So Harvey appears to be headed for Belize but the other two seem to be swinging to the north. Atlantic 5-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

 

[Bigsfish]

Still too early to make plans at this time in MHO