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Reviews: Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Brent McLean, Ripple, on Oct 19, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'Overall Rating:5Holding:5Wind Protection:5Current Flow:4Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Came from the north. Used the Middle Ground cut. 7 feet depth. Lots of pots but easy to spot an hour before sunset. Once through the cut there are less pots. The hook set and came up easy. Winds were 15kt NE and died throughout the night. Calm anchorage.
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Peter Searles, Schuyler, on May 18, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 31'
Draft: 2.5'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:3Current Flow:5Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:5Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:4WiFi:1Surprisingly good anchorage once dodging all the crab pots. There was decent wind protection from the quadrant north through East. but any other direction would likely be uncomfortable We anchored in 8 feet. The anchor set quickly and came up clean.
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Jeremy Hatch on Jul 30, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 49'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:4Current Flow:5Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:5Cell Service:5We approached the anchorage via the Middle Ground "Inlet" which saves some time coming from Albermarle Sound but 6'8" with NE wind.
Island gives nice protection from fetch but allows wind to keep the bugs down (we anchored just inside the 5'9"line but still in 9'.)
If unsettled weather or S winds, would prefer South or East Lake anchorages. Great sunset view, lots of room between the crab floats.View location on the Waterway Guide Explorer
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Mike Worsley, Islena, on Jun 19, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:3Current Flow:5Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:4There are too many crab pots here, we found a space in between all of them and set anchor. Later on the wind picked up from the south and we had to move. Moved to the anchor further "South Lake" with no crab pots at all and really good protection
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Bruce Krizmanic, S/V Inspiration, on Aug 30, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 39'
Draft: 4.7'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:4Current Flow:4Wake Protection:4Scenic Beauty:4Shore Access:2Pet Friendly:2Cell Service:3WiFi:2We stopped here before crossing the Albemarle Sound, we had good protection from NE winds,, there were a few fishing boats passing by but they didn't come close to us. There is a public boat ramp around the point that you can land the dogs if you like,, just a short dinghy ride.
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: David Fuller, Still Waters II, on Apr 30, 2019
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 43'
Draft: 4.0'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:3Wake Protection:3Scenic Beauty:3Cell Service:3Stopped here with wind out of the NE at 11 mph. Moved in close to shore with smooth night. Anchor came up clean and then northbound across the Sound.
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Robert Sherer on Mar 25, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 42'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:1Holding:3Wind Protection:1Current Flow:3Wake Protection:1Scenic Beauty:3Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:1WiFi:1It's just a place to stop. Beware of "fuzzy bills" during the season. I stopped here once and woke up to a boat covered with thousands of dead fuzzy bills leaving a green slime that took hours to clean off. They look just like mosquitoes but don't bite.
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Review for Alligator River - Durant Island (South)
Reviewed by: Jan Lindroos, La Capitana, on May 4, 2017
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 43'
Draft: 6.6'Overall Rating:2Holding:5Wind Protection:3Current Flow:2Wake Protection:4Scenic Beauty:2Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:3WiFi:1Good shelter of NE winds and a decent ATT cell phone signal (LTE). A lot of crab pots so be careful.
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