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They’re back! Don’t open any links in their latest PM.

Last year was Ian. Now Idalia.

We were heading offshore for a fishing trip on a friend’s boat yesterday. After over an hour running one of the guys says “Hey where’s that water coming from?” There was a foot square wet spot on the carpet between the engine boxes where our lunch coolers sit. Our mechanic friend stuck his...

GFS and European models showing hurricane coming to east Florida in next couple days. Keep your eyes open. NHC is quiet.

Here is the NOAA aerial photo imagery of the damaged area. Its still growing. If you don't see what you want, it may be added tomorrow. https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/ian/index.html#16/26.8733/-82.2375

The Ever Forward is free. Moving it to an anchorage for inspection

Looking for hard storage in vicinity of Ft Pierce or Stuart for the summer? I want to look ahead as we may be staying in this area this summer.

Selling my 2 year old Rocna Vulcan 20 Kg/ 44 pound galvanized anchor. I upsized to the next larger size for our Great Loop trip next year. I’ll knock off $50 if you read this on TF. Local pickup only. Pictures on the CL ad. Archie...

A 27 ft outboard powered Ranger Tug ran up on the North Wildwood, NJ ocean swimming beach and demolished a beach chair. The vague news reports said it had a mechanical problem. Just one? Lol. I’ll try to link to the story...

Current track has it coming up the Florida West Coast. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT05/refresh/AL052021_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind+png/205258_5day_cone_with_line_and_wind.png

My wife has been bugging me for some type of rocking chair to use in the cabin of our Monk. Something that won't tear up the teak decking. Any ideas?

Today cruising along at 1650 rpm, after normal running for 4 hours my coolant temperature started creeping up to 225 degrees. Plenty of raw water flow out the exhaust. Exhaust hose temperature 95F. Water exiting was lukewarm. 95 seems about right. Lowering rpm to 1000 barely helped. Coolant pump...

From the Waterway Guide... Norfolk Southern #7 Railroad Bridge on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River has been damaged in the closed position and is inoperative until further notice. The charted vertical clearance is 7 feet...

Flipping through TV channels I happened to catch this FWC update on anchoring and mooring. This is 'The Florida Channel' archive of Major Robert Lowe report out on FL waterways anchoring and mooring legislation and enforcement of At-Risk and Derelict Vessels. Jump ahead to 1:47:15 to 2:49:01 for...

Some say this is a huge problem coming down the tracks. This is Federal mandate. Here is New Jerseys notice that they did not send out to residents. Found it by chance. This is above and beyond the six points of ID from the post 9-11 days. https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/realid/

If you were going outside from Hilton Head Island to St. Marys, FL at 7 knots, which inlets would you use and or skip?

Coming home after 3800 mile trip up and down the east coast, my battery bank performance was slightly lower than expected. No problems making it through the night or starting the engine in the morning. Here is a photo of the as found starboard battery bank. What is wrong with this picture?:banghead:

Came through MH Lock today and found the lake side north lock door doesn’t open. Horizontal clearance is about 22 ft. Ok for us but saw a 70 ft Yacht heading that way. Yacht would not answer call. Call the lock on the phone if planning to go through. Btw we had no issues with depths in the lake...

It’s a weak one but will do some damage. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT05/refresh/AL052019_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/114855_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

Last night sitting in Waterside Marina in Norfolk we saw one of the harbor ferries with a bright green flashing light up on the masthead. Is there a change to the NavRules? Potential change? The sister ferry did not have the same. I’ll post a short video.

After crossing Lake O and finding Sunset Bay mooring field full, I started reading up on nearby anchorage’s. One common theme was black, sticky mud. We don’t have anything onboard to deal with that. Turned out the mooring field wasn’t really full after all. So off to the hardware store to make...

This summer we plan to take Irish Lady up the Hudson to the Erie Canal, then up to Lake Ontario, then up the St Lawrence though Thousand Islands to Montreal, then down through Lake Champlain and back down the Hudson again. This will be our first international cruise. My first question is how do...

This winter I want to upgrade our simple bimini to a full enclosure on Irish Lady. Any recommended canvas shops in Englewood/Port Charlotte area? Our boat is stored in Placida. Archie

Found this guy off station. Bet the ATONS team leaves it alone.

This gives back another inlet on NJ coast to duck into if needed. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1f0423f