Lock comment on Cape Canaveral Lock

Comment by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Shawn Murphy's comments were spot on. This is a challenging place to tie up with just two people on a 41' catamaran. It took us probably 15 minutes to get tied up and get on the wall. The wind was pushing us off the wall, which made it more challlenging. Honestly, I do everything I can to avoid going through here again.

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Anchorage Review for Cook Creek 2

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Stayed here for one night after not finding a place in the Ponce Inlet. Very good holding, but you do have to be careful, because you can into some sandbars pretty easily. We anchored a little off of one and the next morning SeaTow stopped by to see if we were grounded, because we were so close to a sandbar.

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Marina Review for Titusville Marina

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Great marina. We snagged a mooring ball for about 5 days. Easy access to some restaurants. Got an Uber to a nearby Publix for some grocery shopping.

Price for the mooring ball and fuel was very reasonable. Nice clean showers and laundry area.

Staff are very friendly and helpful. If we are back in the area, we will stay here again.

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Marina Review for Norseman Shipbuilding Corp.

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Cannot say enough good about the Norseman. They were able to fit us in to repair give us a place to get our saildrive repaired after fouling the prop outside of No Name. They also took care of a few other projects for us. Very reasonable prices and easy to work with. We splashed right before the bridges closed for lunch, so they invited to a company lunch while we waited to head out. Really a great place, if I ever need work again in the Miami area, this is where I would go.

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Anchorage Review for Sands Key (Inner)

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Stayed here for a few nights around New Years 2025. Be careful on the approach as the depths can get shallow. Once you get into the anchorage, look for sandy spots to set your anchor.

There were not a lot of other boaters here, which was really nice. Absolutely beautiful place to stay. When the wind is from the westerly directions, there's not much protection, but there's some from the east. You can see Boca Chita Key from here, easy to dinghy over to it, but it's $25 to dock there. Plus the lighthouse is closed for renovations.

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Anchorage Review for Outside No Name Harbor

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

As other reviewers have mentioned, the biggest drawback to this anchorage is the wake generated from commercial and recreational boaters, though this typically settles down after dark. A few times though at night it did get bad.

On the upside, there's a dinghy dock right inside the state park, where you can walk to a grocery store about 1.5 miles away. The restaurants in town are good and a bit better priced than the two in the state park.

Holding is very good. Clay/mud/sand. You do need to watch out for unmarked crab pots when pulling up your anchor. I watched crab fisherman lay a string of crab pots about 100' off of the seawall and there were no floating markers of any kind. Despite the wake, I would stay here again.

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Anchorage Review for Fort Matanzas G81A

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

We stayed further south in the inlet than many of the other reviewers. We draw 4' and took our time getting in. Had some wake from the powerboaters as we were outside the No Wake signs. Looked like you could beach a dinghy south of the visitors center, but we were only there for one night, so we didn't go ashore.

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Anchorage Review for Plummers Cove

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

Stayed here for one night on our way out of Jacksonsville. Nice spot, it's in the middle of a residential area, but the few locals that we saw were very friendly. Easy access right after the Buckman Bridge. Anchor grabbed in the mud on the first try. There is no shore access here.

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Anchorage Review for Pine Island Loop

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

We came in on the south side of the loop, close to the oyster reef marked in ActiveCaptain. Had plenty of depth. Saw a few crab pots on the way in, but not too many. Nice place to take a kayak in the grass areas.

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Anchorage Review for Hobe Sound R44

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

We stayed here for two days. The holding is good. Not much wind protection when you have a north wind. If you stay south of the Slow Speed sign, I'm sure the wake is better. That was full when we got here, so we went to the north side and got some pretty good wake.

The park to the west side is beautiful, easy shore access at the beaches. Nice place to walk

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Anchorage Review for Palm Beach Currie Park

Reviewed by: Jonathon Lever on Jan 7, 2025
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 4.0'

We stayed here on two separate occasions. The biggest issues is that there is a great deal of wake. We were within sight of Safe Harbor Rybovich. Even going slow the large yachts created a lot of wake. The bigger problem with it though is the smaller powerboats that zip through on the ICW. I'm sure if you anchored further north, beyond the slow speed signs, it would be better.

Holding was very good, we have a Rocna Vulcan 25, never once felt like we were dragging.

There is a public dock to the south of here, but then there's also a dinghy dock with security at the Riveria Beach City Marina. It's $16 a day and you have to be back before 5, because the office closes and they can't buzz you back in.

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