BEARAWAY: Jean et Danielle quitteront Staniel en fin d'avant-midi pour se diriger vers Clarencetown (Long Island), une navigation de 110 mn
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont arrivés à Nassau et ont déjà rencontré des amis qui y sont déjà. Visiteront les environs au cours des prochains jours, dont Atlantis
SILYA : Sylvain et Mireille sonst à Deep Bay (Antigua) après un séjour de 2 jours à Barbuda. Leurs invités quittent lundi. Ils ont l'intention de demeurer dans les environs quelques semaines
ONE LIFE : Sébastien et Marie-Claude sont dans le parc de Warderick Wells à Emerald Rock. Quitteront pour Highborne en laissant traîner les lignes à pêche... Demain, se dirigeront vers Nassau
OCÉANA 1 : Luc et Aline sont dans le Passage Des Rosario (Cuba) Position : 21-38 N et 81-56 W. Se déplaceront pour mieux se protéger du front qui passera rapidement sur leur zone
CARRIBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et Nathalie sont à Lee Stocking et y demeureront quelques jours avant de se rendre à Georgetown pour y accueillir des invités
PASSION REBELLE : Mathieu et la famille sont à Georgetown et profitent bien des environs. Prévoient un départ dans environ une semaine en direction de Mayaguana
LIBERSEA : Gérald est ancré devant la baie de Corossol (St-Barth) et mentionne que des maisons de ville sont présentement en construction dans le mur du morne... Ce village était tellement typique des cases St-Barth - mais bon ! ainsi va la vie...
BLACK CAT : Bernard et la famille sont en attente pour sortir du lagon de St-Martin - une dizaine de méga yacht sont devant eux... Ils se dirigeront vers l'Anse Colombier (St-Barth) où ils exploreront les environs
MÉLAUDINE : Daniel et Diane sont en navigation en direction de Powell Point. Demeureront dans les environs pour se protéger du front qui entrera dimanche PM
JAYA : Jean-Marie est de retour à Georgetown et laissera passer le front de dimanche puis naviguera autour de Lee Stocking etc... la semaine prochaine.
vendredi 5 février 2016
AVIS IMPORTANT - Législation concernant l'ancrage en FLORIDE - HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones.
MERCI à Merrill (AMBITION) pour son implication contre cette législation - tous les navigateurs devraient en faire autant ...
Nycole
I sent the following email to the Florida Representatives as the SSCA tries to reverse a house bill to restrict anchoring in Florida again. I also emailed all the suppliers that I used in Florida as well.
Dear Ms Edwards,
I am not a resident of Florida but I do cruise and visit your state every year. In 2014 / 2015 I spent well over $100,000 with businesses in your state. I delight in using Florida to prepare my boat each year for winter cruising. The House Bill that you are considering will force me to choose other states to spend my money in to prepare my boat. Just in case you wish to validate, here is a list of Florida companies that I supported this past year, obviously they will be impacted by your decision to chase boaters from Florida. I hope you have a plan on how you intend to replace their revenue and livelihood.
Snead Island Boatworks - Tampa
Freundship Marine Tampa
Lippincott Canvas - Tampa
Island Nautical - Tampa
Satellite Phone Store - Sarasota
U Boat Management - Tampa
Spurs Manufacturing - Ft Lauderdale
Florida Rigging and Hydraulics - Marathon
First Mate Yacht Service - St. Augustine
Hansen Marine Service - St. Augustine
Ocean Marine Services S-Augustine
I have made also emailed each of the suppliers of marine services to tell them that their business will be negatively impacted by their state legislators supporting this bill.
I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.
I trust that you will consider the impacts of your support for this bill.
Regards,
Merrill Mant
514 867 7112
Here is the post from Wally Moran - a Cruising Guide publisher and author.
The BASTARDS are at it again, and we cruisers are in trouble, big trouble this time.
Tuesday, January 26, the anti anchoring bill HB1051 is going before committee in Tallahassee Fl. The terms of this bill are disastrous for cruisers. They will make anchoring ILLEGAL in five Florida locations - in Middle River in Broward County; Sunset Lake and the areas between Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island, San Marino Island and San Marco Island, San Marco Island and Biscayne Island all in Miami-Dade County; and Crab Island in Choctawhatchee Bay.
According to Steve Kauffmann, president of the Seven Seas Cruising Association, there will definitely be amendments to follow from other regions wanting to forbid anchoring.
IF this bill is allowed to pass, you can write off anchoring overnight in the entire state of Florida. That's right, the entire state.
This time around, there is no BS from the committee about vessel safety or any such 'rationale' for putting this legislation forward like last year. This is nothing but a naked grab for your rights by a few wealthy people who want YOU out of THEIR view behind their house. They've bought and paid for their politicians and now they want action.
What can we do about this? We beat them last year, and I'm hoping we can do it again this year, but it's going to take every one of you reading this to take action. Can you please spend five to ten minutes to help?
Even if you don't live in Florida, you can help, because you can let the politicians know that you are a tourist - and though you don't vote, you do get to choose where you are going to spend your money. That gets their attention big time.
Next, every one of us needs to SHARE this message on their timeline and get more attention from it, even from non-boaters. We MUST get all the action on this we can, and even non boaters can agree that letting the wealthy take away the rights of others is something they can fight back against, boater or not.
Fishermen? How long before the state of Florida says you cannot fish within 50 yards, 75 yards of a dock at a private residence? It's coming, so we need your help too. Please help us by sending an email and phoning.
Do you go to a park next to a wealthy area? How long before the rich demand that areas of those parks be off limits so that they don't have to put up with us paupers simply enjoying a day in the park with our kids where they can see us? Email and phone to stop them from taking our rights away and maybe they'll not try to go after your rights next.
Don't fool yourself, these people won't stop. Why should they, they're rich, and they don't want to see us, not on boats, not on the sidewalks in front of their homes, not anywhere. It's just too bad they won't build privacy fences on their backyards like on the other three sides of their homes - oh, but then they'd lose their precious water view. Better that the rest of us lose our rights!
LIKE HELL IT IS! I'm angry, and I'm fighting back.
Below, there is a link to the Florida State Legislators. If you are a Floridian, then email the members of the subcommittee and then PHONE them on Monday. Here's the link:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
…/Comm…/committeesdetail.aspx…-
If you want to keep it simple, use the email letter suggested below by the SSCA if you're a Floridian, and if you are not, use the following letter:
NON FLORIDA BOATERS' LETTER
“I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
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The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
NON BOATER/NON FLORIDIAN LETTER:
“I am not a boater but I have been a tourist in Florida and I am considering visiting again in the future. I support the boaters fighting against HB 1051 and I am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill. If you pass this bill, I will vote against your state with my wallet and my money and will vacation elsewhere.
FLORIDA BOATER AND VOTERS USE THIS LETTER:
“I am a cruiser and Florida voter and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the SSCA -
SSCA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and BoatUS, with support from the Marine Trawler Owner’s Association and the American Great Loop Cruisers Association are opposing these bills as written. HB1051 is scheduled to be heard in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday January 26 at Noon. We need your help now.
Please call or email the members of the Subcommittee using the link above.
If you click on the member’s names you can get their Tallahassee office telephone numbers and email addresses. Please email them this weekend and call their offices on Monday.
We have approached legislators in Tallahassee with proposed amendments which have not yet been adopted.
We need your financial support to help with the cost of lobbying. Last year we defeated a similar bill by working against it in the legislature. Here’s what you can do:
1. Send the e mail to your representative now.
2. Contribute to SSCA legislative efforts: https://www.gofundme.com/Right2Anchor
. This money pays ONLY for the expenses of our lobbying efforts.
3. Contribute to the Maritime Heritage Freedom Political Action Committee:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
… . This money gives our lobbyists tools to recognize the support of legislators to the priorities of cruisers and other boaters.
4. If you do nothing else, join SSCA: http://ssca.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone - share this post with three other boaters right now, and one other group. Don't wait on this, do it right now. Let's flood every boating link on Facebook with this post.
In the next five minutes, click on the link and get your emails out to the committee members.
Set up a reminder to call these committee members on Monday.
YES, this is a lot of crap to have to go through and yes, you have better things to do on a Saturday night, but the alternative is disastrous.
Do it now....by the time I have my emails out, in about five minutes, I expect to see dozens of shares of this post. I'm counting on all of you, just as you are counting on all the rest of us.
Let's do it people! Let's show these wealthy and privileged bastards that we won't take this lying down.
Florida House of Representatives - Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
Location: 218 House Office Building * 402 South Monroe Street * Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Contact: (850) 717-4891 Next Meeting: January 26, 2016 12:00 PM View Notice Appear at Meeting Add To My Calendar
MYFLORIDAHOUSE.GOV
I sent the following email to the Florida Representatives as the SSCA tries to reverse a house bill to restrict anchoring in Florida again. I also emailed all the suppliers that I used in Florida as well.
Dear Ms Edwards,
I am not a resident of Florida but I do cruise and visit your state every year. In 2014 / 2015 I spent well over $100,000 with businesses in your state. I delight in using Florida to prepare my boat each year for winter cruising. The House Bill that you are considering will force me to choose other states to spend my money in to prepare my boat. Just in case you wish to validate, here is a list of Florida companies that I supported this past year, obviously they will be impacted by your decision to chase boaters from Florida. I hope you have a plan on how you intend to replace their revenue and livelihood.
Snead Island Boatworks - Tampa
Freundship Marine Tampa
Lippincott Canvas - Tampa
Island Nautical - Tampa
Satellite Phone Store - Sarasota
U Boat Management - Tampa
Spurs Manufacturing - Ft Lauderdale
Florida Rigging and Hydraulics - Marathon
First Mate Yacht Service - St. Augustine
Hansen Marine Service - St. Augustine
Ocean Marine Services S-Augustine
I have made also emailed each of the suppliers of marine services to tell them that their business will be negatively impacted by their state legislators supporting this bill.
I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.
I trust that you will consider the impacts of your support for this bill.
Regards,
Merrill Mant
514 867 7112
Here is the post from Wally Moran - a Cruising Guide publisher and author.
The BASTARDS are at it again, and we cruisers are in trouble, big trouble this time.
Tuesday, January 26, the anti anchoring bill HB1051 is going before committee in Tallahassee Fl. The terms of this bill are disastrous for cruisers. They will make anchoring ILLEGAL in five Florida locations - in Middle River in Broward County; Sunset Lake and the areas between Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island, San Marino Island and San Marco Island, San Marco Island and Biscayne Island all in Miami-Dade County; and Crab Island in Choctawhatchee Bay.
According to Steve Kauffmann, president of the Seven Seas Cruising Association, there will definitely be amendments to follow from other regions wanting to forbid anchoring.
IF this bill is allowed to pass, you can write off anchoring overnight in the entire state of Florida. That's right, the entire state.
This time around, there is no BS from the committee about vessel safety or any such 'rationale' for putting this legislation forward like last year. This is nothing but a naked grab for your rights by a few wealthy people who want YOU out of THEIR view behind their house. They've bought and paid for their politicians and now they want action.
What can we do about this? We beat them last year, and I'm hoping we can do it again this year, but it's going to take every one of you reading this to take action. Can you please spend five to ten minutes to help?
Even if you don't live in Florida, you can help, because you can let the politicians know that you are a tourist - and though you don't vote, you do get to choose where you are going to spend your money. That gets their attention big time.
Next, every one of us needs to SHARE this message on their timeline and get more attention from it, even from non-boaters. We MUST get all the action on this we can, and even non boaters can agree that letting the wealthy take away the rights of others is something they can fight back against, boater or not.
Fishermen? How long before the state of Florida says you cannot fish within 50 yards, 75 yards of a dock at a private residence? It's coming, so we need your help too. Please help us by sending an email and phoning.
Do you go to a park next to a wealthy area? How long before the rich demand that areas of those parks be off limits so that they don't have to put up with us paupers simply enjoying a day in the park with our kids where they can see us? Email and phone to stop them from taking our rights away and maybe they'll not try to go after your rights next.
Don't fool yourself, these people won't stop. Why should they, they're rich, and they don't want to see us, not on boats, not on the sidewalks in front of their homes, not anywhere. It's just too bad they won't build privacy fences on their backyards like on the other three sides of their homes - oh, but then they'd lose their precious water view. Better that the rest of us lose our rights!
LIKE HELL IT IS! I'm angry, and I'm fighting back.
Below, there is a link to the Florida State Legislators. If you are a Floridian, then email the members of the subcommittee and then PHONE them on Monday. Here's the link:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
…/Comm…/committeesdetail.aspx…-
If you want to keep it simple, use the email letter suggested below by the SSCA if you're a Floridian, and if you are not, use the following letter:
NON FLORIDA BOATERS' LETTER
“I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
NON BOATER/NON FLORIDIAN LETTER:
“I am not a boater but I have been a tourist in Florida and I am considering visiting again in the future. I support the boaters fighting against HB 1051 and I am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill. If you pass this bill, I will vote against your state with my wallet and my money and will vacation elsewhere.
FLORIDA BOATER AND VOTERS USE THIS LETTER:
“I am a cruiser and Florida voter and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the SSCA -
SSCA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and BoatUS, with support from the Marine Trawler Owner’s Association and the American Great Loop Cruisers Association are opposing these bills as written. HB1051 is scheduled to be heard in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday January 26 at Noon. We need your help now.
Please call or email the members of the Subcommittee using the link above.
If you click on the member’s names you can get their Tallahassee office telephone numbers and email addresses. Please email them this weekend and call their offices on Monday.
We have approached legislators in Tallahassee with proposed amendments which have not yet been adopted.
We need your financial support to help with the cost of lobbying. Last year we defeated a similar bill by working against it in the legislature. Here’s what you can do:
1. Send the e mail to your representative now.
2. Contribute to SSCA legislative efforts: https://www.gofundme.com/Right2Anchor
. This money pays ONLY for the expenses of our lobbying efforts.
3. Contribute to the Maritime Heritage Freedom Political Action Committee:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
… . This money gives our lobbyists tools to recognize the support of legislators to the priorities of cruisers and other boaters.
4. If you do nothing else, join SSCA: http://ssca.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone - share this post with three other boaters right now, and one other group. Don't wait on this, do it right now. Let's flood every boating link on Facebook with this post.
In the next five minutes, click on the link and get your emails out to the committee members.
Set up a reminder to call these committee members on Monday.
YES, this is a lot of crap to have to go through and yes, you have better things to do on a Saturday night, but the alternative is disastrous. Do it now....by the time I have my emails out, in about five minutes, I expect to see dozens of shares of this post. I'm counting on all of you, just as you are counting on all the rest of us.
Let's do it people! Let's show these wealthy and privileged bastards that we won't take this lying down.
Florida House of Representatives - Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
Location: 218 House Office Building * 402 South Monroe Street * Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Contact: (850) 717-4891 Next Meeting: January 26, 2016 12:00 PM View Notice Appear at Meeting Add To My Calendar
MYFLORIDAHOUSE.GOV
Nycole
I sent the following email to the Florida Representatives as the SSCA tries to reverse a house bill to restrict anchoring in Florida again. I also emailed all the suppliers that I used in Florida as well.
Dear Ms Edwards,
I am not a resident of Florida but I do cruise and visit your state every year. In 2014 / 2015 I spent well over $100,000 with businesses in your state. I delight in using Florida to prepare my boat each year for winter cruising. The House Bill that you are considering will force me to choose other states to spend my money in to prepare my boat. Just in case you wish to validate, here is a list of Florida companies that I supported this past year, obviously they will be impacted by your decision to chase boaters from Florida. I hope you have a plan on how you intend to replace their revenue and livelihood.
Snead Island Boatworks - Tampa
Freundship Marine Tampa
Lippincott Canvas - Tampa
Island Nautical - Tampa
Satellite Phone Store - Sarasota
U Boat Management - Tampa
Spurs Manufacturing - Ft Lauderdale
Florida Rigging and Hydraulics - Marathon
First Mate Yacht Service - St. Augustine
Hansen Marine Service - St. Augustine
Ocean Marine Services S-Augustine
I have made also emailed each of the suppliers of marine services to tell them that their business will be negatively impacted by their state legislators supporting this bill.
I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.
I trust that you will consider the impacts of your support for this bill.
Regards,
Merrill Mant
514 867 7112
Here is the post from Wally Moran - a Cruising Guide publisher and author.
The BASTARDS are at it again, and we cruisers are in trouble, big trouble this time.
Tuesday, January 26, the anti anchoring bill HB1051 is going before committee in Tallahassee Fl. The terms of this bill are disastrous for cruisers. They will make anchoring ILLEGAL in five Florida locations - in Middle River in Broward County; Sunset Lake and the areas between Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island, San Marino Island and San Marco Island, San Marco Island and Biscayne Island all in Miami-Dade County; and Crab Island in Choctawhatchee Bay.
According to Steve Kauffmann, president of the Seven Seas Cruising Association, there will definitely be amendments to follow from other regions wanting to forbid anchoring.
IF this bill is allowed to pass, you can write off anchoring overnight in the entire state of Florida. That's right, the entire state.
This time around, there is no BS from the committee about vessel safety or any such 'rationale' for putting this legislation forward like last year. This is nothing but a naked grab for your rights by a few wealthy people who want YOU out of THEIR view behind their house. They've bought and paid for their politicians and now they want action.
What can we do about this? We beat them last year, and I'm hoping we can do it again this year, but it's going to take every one of you reading this to take action. Can you please spend five to ten minutes to help?
Even if you don't live in Florida, you can help, because you can let the politicians know that you are a tourist - and though you don't vote, you do get to choose where you are going to spend your money. That gets their attention big time.
Next, every one of us needs to SHARE this message on their timeline and get more attention from it, even from non-boaters. We MUST get all the action on this we can, and even non boaters can agree that letting the wealthy take away the rights of others is something they can fight back against, boater or not.
Fishermen? How long before the state of Florida says you cannot fish within 50 yards, 75 yards of a dock at a private residence? It's coming, so we need your help too. Please help us by sending an email and phoning.
Do you go to a park next to a wealthy area? How long before the rich demand that areas of those parks be off limits so that they don't have to put up with us paupers simply enjoying a day in the park with our kids where they can see us? Email and phone to stop them from taking our rights away and maybe they'll not try to go after your rights next.
Don't fool yourself, these people won't stop. Why should they, they're rich, and they don't want to see us, not on boats, not on the sidewalks in front of their homes, not anywhere. It's just too bad they won't build privacy fences on their backyards like on the other three sides of their homes - oh, but then they'd lose their precious water view. Better that the rest of us lose our rights!
LIKE HELL IT IS! I'm angry, and I'm fighting back.
Below, there is a link to the Florida State Legislators. If you are a Floridian, then email the members of the subcommittee and then PHONE them on Monday. Here's the link:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
…/Comm…/committeesdetail.aspx…-
If you want to keep it simple, use the email letter suggested below by the SSCA if you're a Floridian, and if you are not, use the following letter:
NON FLORIDA BOATERS' LETTER
“I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
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The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
NON BOATER/NON FLORIDIAN LETTER:
“I am not a boater but I have been a tourist in Florida and I am considering visiting again in the future. I support the boaters fighting against HB 1051 and I am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill. If you pass this bill, I will vote against your state with my wallet and my money and will vacation elsewhere.
FLORIDA BOATER AND VOTERS USE THIS LETTER:
“I am a cruiser and Florida voter and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the SSCA -
SSCA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and BoatUS, with support from the Marine Trawler Owner’s Association and the American Great Loop Cruisers Association are opposing these bills as written. HB1051 is scheduled to be heard in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday January 26 at Noon. We need your help now.
Please call or email the members of the Subcommittee using the link above.
If you click on the member’s names you can get their Tallahassee office telephone numbers and email addresses. Please email them this weekend and call their offices on Monday.
We have approached legislators in Tallahassee with proposed amendments which have not yet been adopted.
We need your financial support to help with the cost of lobbying. Last year we defeated a similar bill by working against it in the legislature. Here’s what you can do:
1. Send the e mail to your representative now.
2. Contribute to SSCA legislative efforts: https://www.gofundme.com/Right2Anchor
. This money pays ONLY for the expenses of our lobbying efforts.
3. Contribute to the Maritime Heritage Freedom Political Action Committee:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
… . This money gives our lobbyists tools to recognize the support of legislators to the priorities of cruisers and other boaters.
4. If you do nothing else, join SSCA: http://ssca.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Everyone - share this post with three other boaters right now, and one other group. Don't wait on this, do it right now. Let's flood every boating link on Facebook with this post.
In the next five minutes, click on the link and get your emails out to the committee members.
Set up a reminder to call these committee members on Monday.
YES, this is a lot of crap to have to go through and yes, you have better things to do on a Saturday night, but the alternative is disastrous.
Do it now....by the time I have my emails out, in about five minutes, I expect to see dozens of shares of this post. I'm counting on all of you, just as you are counting on all the rest of us.
Let's do it people! Let's show these wealthy and privileged bastards that we won't take this lying down.
Florida House of Representatives - Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
Location: 218 House Office Building * 402 South Monroe Street * Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Contact: (850) 717-4891 Next Meeting: January 26, 2016 12:00 PM View Notice Appear at Meeting Add To My Calendar
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I sent the following email to the Florida Representatives as the SSCA tries to reverse a house bill to restrict anchoring in Florida again. I also emailed all the suppliers that I used in Florida as well.
Dear Ms Edwards,
I am not a resident of Florida but I do cruise and visit your state every year. In 2014 / 2015 I spent well over $100,000 with businesses in your state. I delight in using Florida to prepare my boat each year for winter cruising. The House Bill that you are considering will force me to choose other states to spend my money in to prepare my boat. Just in case you wish to validate, here is a list of Florida companies that I supported this past year, obviously they will be impacted by your decision to chase boaters from Florida. I hope you have a plan on how you intend to replace their revenue and livelihood.
Snead Island Boatworks - Tampa
Freundship Marine Tampa
Lippincott Canvas - Tampa
Island Nautical - Tampa
Satellite Phone Store - Sarasota
U Boat Management - Tampa
Spurs Manufacturing - Ft Lauderdale
Florida Rigging and Hydraulics - Marathon
First Mate Yacht Service - St. Augustine
Hansen Marine Service - St. Augustine
Ocean Marine Services S-Augustine
I have made also emailed each of the suppliers of marine services to tell them that their business will be negatively impacted by their state legislators supporting this bill.
I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.
I trust that you will consider the impacts of your support for this bill.
Regards,
Merrill Mant
514 867 7112
Here is the post from Wally Moran - a Cruising Guide publisher and author.
The BASTARDS are at it again, and we cruisers are in trouble, big trouble this time.
Tuesday, January 26, the anti anchoring bill HB1051 is going before committee in Tallahassee Fl. The terms of this bill are disastrous for cruisers. They will make anchoring ILLEGAL in five Florida locations - in Middle River in Broward County; Sunset Lake and the areas between Rivo Alto Island and Di Lido Island, San Marino Island and San Marco Island, San Marco Island and Biscayne Island all in Miami-Dade County; and Crab Island in Choctawhatchee Bay.
According to Steve Kauffmann, president of the Seven Seas Cruising Association, there will definitely be amendments to follow from other regions wanting to forbid anchoring.
IF this bill is allowed to pass, you can write off anchoring overnight in the entire state of Florida. That's right, the entire state.
This time around, there is no BS from the committee about vessel safety or any such 'rationale' for putting this legislation forward like last year. This is nothing but a naked grab for your rights by a few wealthy people who want YOU out of THEIR view behind their house. They've bought and paid for their politicians and now they want action.
What can we do about this? We beat them last year, and I'm hoping we can do it again this year, but it's going to take every one of you reading this to take action. Can you please spend five to ten minutes to help?
Even if you don't live in Florida, you can help, because you can let the politicians know that you are a tourist - and though you don't vote, you do get to choose where you are going to spend your money. That gets their attention big time.
Next, every one of us needs to SHARE this message on their timeline and get more attention from it, even from non-boaters. We MUST get all the action on this we can, and even non boaters can agree that letting the wealthy take away the rights of others is something they can fight back against, boater or not.
Fishermen? How long before the state of Florida says you cannot fish within 50 yards, 75 yards of a dock at a private residence? It's coming, so we need your help too. Please help us by sending an email and phoning.
Do you go to a park next to a wealthy area? How long before the rich demand that areas of those parks be off limits so that they don't have to put up with us paupers simply enjoying a day in the park with our kids where they can see us? Email and phone to stop them from taking our rights away and maybe they'll not try to go after your rights next.
Don't fool yourself, these people won't stop. Why should they, they're rich, and they don't want to see us, not on boats, not on the sidewalks in front of their homes, not anywhere. It's just too bad they won't build privacy fences on their backyards like on the other three sides of their homes - oh, but then they'd lose their precious water view. Better that the rest of us lose our rights!
LIKE HELL IT IS! I'm angry, and I'm fighting back.
Below, there is a link to the Florida State Legislators. If you are a Floridian, then email the members of the subcommittee and then PHONE them on Monday. Here's the link:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
…/Comm…/committeesdetail.aspx…-
If you want to keep it simple, use the email letter suggested below by the SSCA if you're a Floridian, and if you are not, use the following letter:
NON FLORIDA BOATERS' LETTER
“I am a cruiser and a tourist in Florida and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
NON BOATER/NON FLORIDIAN LETTER:
“I am not a boater but I have been a tourist in Florida and I am considering visiting again in the future. I support the boaters fighting against HB 1051 and I am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats.
I urge to you vote against this bill. If you pass this bill, I will vote against your state with my wallet and my money and will vacation elsewhere.
FLORIDA BOATER AND VOTERS USE THIS LETTER:
“I am a cruiser and Florida voter and am writing to express my opposition to HB1051 Recreational Boating Zones. This bill will restrict overnight anchoring in five areas that have historically been used by Florida cruisers and visitors from out of state.
The bills interfere with our maritime rights to navigation which include anchoring. Anchoring restrictions impact many Florida recreational boaters who regularly cruise the waters and rivers of the state by limiting places to safely stop for the night, reprovision and get out of severe weather. Four of the proposed areas are in Southeast Florida where thousands of boaters transit yearly. Many marinas in Florida do not allow transient docking or in many cases are full and unable to accept additional boats
I urge to you vote against this bill.”
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From the SSCA -
SSCA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, and BoatUS, with support from the Marine Trawler Owner’s Association and the American Great Loop Cruisers Association are opposing these bills as written. HB1051 is scheduled to be heard in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday January 26 at Noon. We need your help now.
Please call or email the members of the Subcommittee using the link above.
If you click on the member’s names you can get their Tallahassee office telephone numbers and email addresses. Please email them this weekend and call their offices on Monday.
We have approached legislators in Tallahassee with proposed amendments which have not yet been adopted.
We need your financial support to help with the cost of lobbying. Last year we defeated a similar bill by working against it in the legislature. Here’s what you can do:
1. Send the e mail to your representative now.
2. Contribute to SSCA legislative efforts: https://www.gofundme.com/Right2Anchor
. This money pays ONLY for the expenses of our lobbying efforts.
3. Contribute to the Maritime Heritage Freedom Political Action Committee:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
… . This money gives our lobbyists tools to recognize the support of legislators to the priorities of cruisers and other boaters.
4. If you do nothing else, join SSCA: http://ssca.org
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Everyone - share this post with three other boaters right now, and one other group. Don't wait on this, do it right now. Let's flood every boating link on Facebook with this post.
In the next five minutes, click on the link and get your emails out to the committee members.
Set up a reminder to call these committee members on Monday.
YES, this is a lot of crap to have to go through and yes, you have better things to do on a Saturday night, but the alternative is disastrous. Do it now....by the time I have my emails out, in about five minutes, I expect to see dozens of shares of this post. I'm counting on all of you, just as you are counting on all the rest of us.
Let's do it people! Let's show these wealthy and privileged bastards that we won't take this lying down.
Florida House of Representatives - Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
Location: 218 House Office Building * 402 South Monroe Street * Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Contact: (850) 717-4891 Next Meeting: January 26, 2016 12:00 PM View Notice Appear at Meeting Add To My Calendar
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jeudi 4 février 2016
RODIGNARD - Richard et Diane à ROSE ISLAND
Position Rodignard - Automatiquement via la Radioamateur
2016-02-04 - 15:29 EST (heure Locale)
2016-02-04 - 20:29 UTC (Temps Univesel)
25°05.25'N - 077°13.57'W
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A: Ancrage Rose Island, Bahamas
--> Prochaine destination: Marina Nassau Harbour Haven, BA
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2016-02-04 - 15:29 EST (heure Locale)
2016-02-04 - 20:29 UTC (Temps Univesel)
25°05.25'N - 077°13.57'W
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A: Ancrage Rose Island, Bahamas
--> Prochaine destination: Marina Nassau Harbour Haven, BA
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VACATIONS AU RÉSEAU JEUDI MATIN
TWINY : Yvon est à Mayreau et quitte ce matin en direction de Bequia - superbes conditions prévues
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle sont à Staniel et prévoit un départ demain matin en direction de Clarencetown (Long Island)
DAME LICORNE : Marc-Antoine et Lucie sont à St-Martin et feront leurs dernières courses avant l'arrivée de leurs invités - superbe température
LIBERSEA : Gérald est à Colombier (St-Barth) et analyse la météo pour un départ vers Antigua
GOBE SOUS : Guy et Diane ont quitté ce matin Colombier en compagnie d'OCÉANE 2 - Jean et Jacinthe - en direction de Pinel où ils prévoient demeure 2 jours puis se rendre à St-Martin par la suite
ONE LIFE : Sébastien et Marie-Claude sont à Staniel et se dirigent ce matin vers Warderick Wells (Exumas) - superbe température
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont à Andros et quitte ce matin en direction de Nassau
TANGARA : Jean-Claude et Lucie sont à Calabash (Long Island) et quitte ce matin en direction de Georgetown; ils sont en compagnie de VAGABON
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane quittent ce matin en direction de Rose Island où ils passeront la nuit ; entreront à Yacht Heaven Marina demain (Nassau)
L'EAU-DACE 4 : Martin et Lisette sont à Roatan et ont retardé leur départ pour leur voyage "sac à dos" pour attendre un de leurs amis. S'amusent beaucoup et rencontrent des gens super intéressants
BLACK CAT : Bernard et la famille sont à St-Martin et quitteront probablement en direction de St-Barth car les conditions sont superbes.
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle sont à Staniel et prévoit un départ demain matin en direction de Clarencetown (Long Island)
DAME LICORNE : Marc-Antoine et Lucie sont à St-Martin et feront leurs dernières courses avant l'arrivée de leurs invités - superbe température
LIBERSEA : Gérald est à Colombier (St-Barth) et analyse la météo pour un départ vers Antigua
GOBE SOUS : Guy et Diane ont quitté ce matin Colombier en compagnie d'OCÉANE 2 - Jean et Jacinthe - en direction de Pinel où ils prévoient demeure 2 jours puis se rendre à St-Martin par la suite
ONE LIFE : Sébastien et Marie-Claude sont à Staniel et se dirigent ce matin vers Warderick Wells (Exumas) - superbe température
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont à Andros et quitte ce matin en direction de Nassau
TANGARA : Jean-Claude et Lucie sont à Calabash (Long Island) et quitte ce matin en direction de Georgetown; ils sont en compagnie de VAGABON
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane quittent ce matin en direction de Rose Island où ils passeront la nuit ; entreront à Yacht Heaven Marina demain (Nassau)
L'EAU-DACE 4 : Martin et Lisette sont à Roatan et ont retardé leur départ pour leur voyage "sac à dos" pour attendre un de leurs amis. S'amusent beaucoup et rencontrent des gens super intéressants
BLACK CAT : Bernard et la famille sont à St-Martin et quitteront probablement en direction de St-Barth car les conditions sont superbes.
mercredi 3 février 2016
À NE PAS MANQUER : CONFÉRENCE DE LA CONAM AVEC BENOIT VILLENEUVE ET NANCY
MERCREDI soir prochain, le 3 février, notre ami Benoit (gourou de la météo) et sa conjointe Nancy partageront avec nous leurs coups de coeurs à la voile en Europe ainsi que la traversée de l'Atlantique
Pour plus de détails, consultez le site de la Conam à www.conam.qc.ca
Nycole
Pour plus de détails, consultez le site de la Conam à www.conam.qc.ca
Nycole
VACATIONS AU RÉSEAU MERCREDI MATIN
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle sont arrivés à Staniel en fin de journée hier et attendront une fenêtre météo favorable pour se diriger vers Clarencetown (Long Island)
DAME DES MERS : Denis et Thérèse sont arrivés à Marie-Galante hier midi alors que se déroulait le Carnaval des étudiants - très animé ils ont beaucoup apprécié. En profiteront pour visiter l'île au cours des prochains jours et louer un scooter car c'est leur première visite à cet endroit. Décideront de leurs prochaines escales en fonction de la météo mais seront en Martiniqiue au début du mois de mars pour y accueillir leurs invités
LIBERSEA : Gérald en profité des activités de Grand'Case (St-Martin) hier et quitte ce matin en direction de Gustavia (St-Barth)
PINNACLE : Robert et Ginette sont à Deshaies (Guadeloupe) et analysent la météo pour se diriger vers Antigua dans quelques jours
ABSAROQUE : Denise et Jean-Pierre sont dans le lagon de St-Martin et ont reçu leurs nouvelles batteries ainsi que le contrôleur de l'éolienne. Remettront le tout en opération au cours des prochains jours
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe sont à Colombier en compagnie de Gulliver et se dirigeront vers Pinel puis entreront dans le lagon de St-Martin vers la fin de semaine par le côté français
DAME LICORNE : Lucie et Marc-Antoine sont également dans le lagon de St-Martin et confectionneront de nouveaux coussins de cockpit aujourd'hui.
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont à Morgan Bluf (Andros) et ne se dirigeront pas vers Nassau aujourd'hui car la météo n'est pas favorable
BELLE VIE : Napoléon et Suzanne sont à Lee Stocking et y demeureront jusqu'à jeudi ou vendredi puis se dirigeront vers Georgetown pour y accueillir leurs invités
SLY SAN : Sylvain est à Calabash Bay (Long Island) et regarnit son frigo en Oméga 3
OCÉANA 1 : Luc et Aline sont ancrés dans le Passage Del Rosario (Cuba) en compagnie de BLEU MARIE - Jean-Pierre et Michèle. Y demeureront quelques jours
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane sont à Shroud Cay (Exumas) et laisseront les conditions de mer s'améliorer avant de reprendre leur navigation vers Nassau. Ont réservé une place à quai au Yacht Heaven de Nassau pour vendredi et y accueillir leur fille, son copain et une amie
JAYA : Jean-Marie est également à Long Island pour 2 ou 3 jours puis retournera à Georgetown
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et Nathalie sont à White Point et se sont rendus à Black Point hier pour acheter de nouvelles leurres. Se dirigeront vers Galliot Cut
DAME DES MERS : Denis et Thérèse sont arrivés à Marie-Galante hier midi alors que se déroulait le Carnaval des étudiants - très animé ils ont beaucoup apprécié. En profiteront pour visiter l'île au cours des prochains jours et louer un scooter car c'est leur première visite à cet endroit. Décideront de leurs prochaines escales en fonction de la météo mais seront en Martiniqiue au début du mois de mars pour y accueillir leurs invités
LIBERSEA : Gérald en profité des activités de Grand'Case (St-Martin) hier et quitte ce matin en direction de Gustavia (St-Barth)
PINNACLE : Robert et Ginette sont à Deshaies (Guadeloupe) et analysent la météo pour se diriger vers Antigua dans quelques jours
ABSAROQUE : Denise et Jean-Pierre sont dans le lagon de St-Martin et ont reçu leurs nouvelles batteries ainsi que le contrôleur de l'éolienne. Remettront le tout en opération au cours des prochains jours
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe sont à Colombier en compagnie de Gulliver et se dirigeront vers Pinel puis entreront dans le lagon de St-Martin vers la fin de semaine par le côté français
DAME LICORNE : Lucie et Marc-Antoine sont également dans le lagon de St-Martin et confectionneront de nouveaux coussins de cockpit aujourd'hui.
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont à Morgan Bluf (Andros) et ne se dirigeront pas vers Nassau aujourd'hui car la météo n'est pas favorable
BELLE VIE : Napoléon et Suzanne sont à Lee Stocking et y demeureront jusqu'à jeudi ou vendredi puis se dirigeront vers Georgetown pour y accueillir leurs invités
SLY SAN : Sylvain est à Calabash Bay (Long Island) et regarnit son frigo en Oméga 3
OCÉANA 1 : Luc et Aline sont ancrés dans le Passage Del Rosario (Cuba) en compagnie de BLEU MARIE - Jean-Pierre et Michèle. Y demeureront quelques jours
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane sont à Shroud Cay (Exumas) et laisseront les conditions de mer s'améliorer avant de reprendre leur navigation vers Nassau. Ont réservé une place à quai au Yacht Heaven de Nassau pour vendredi et y accueillir leur fille, son copain et une amie
JAYA : Jean-Marie est également à Long Island pour 2 ou 3 jours puis retournera à Georgetown
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et Nathalie sont à White Point et se sont rendus à Black Point hier pour acheter de nouvelles leurres. Se dirigeront vers Galliot Cut
mardi 2 février 2016
VACATIONS AU RÉSEAU MARDI MATIN
TWINY : Yvon est à Mayreau en compagnie de VOYAGE - superbe température. Il remontera lentement vers la Martinique pour y rencontrer Claude qui arrive le 20 février
OCÉANA 1 : Luc et Aline sont à Cayo Del Rosario (Cuba) en compagnie de BLEU MARIE et quittent ce matin pour quelques milles de navigation vers un autre cayo. Belle température et beaucoup plus chaud
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle poursuivent leur navigation vers Staniel - Excellente nuit - Position : 24-44 N et 077-23 W (à la hauteur de Highborne dans les Exumas) Vent NE de 8 à 10 noeuds, ils prévoient arriver à destination vers 18h00
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont toujours à Andros - hier ils en ont profité pour confectionner du pain - journée pluvieuse; quitteront probablement demain matin en direction de Nassau.
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe sont à Colombier (St-Barth) en compagnie de GOBE SOUS et poursuivant la tradition, Jacinthe cuisinera des crêpes pour la Chandeleur. Prévoient demeurer à St-Barth quelques jours
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et Nathalie ont quitté tôt ce matin et se dirigent vers Galiot Cut (Exumas) - lignes à l'eau avec de grands espoirs ...
SLY SAN : Sylvain a accueilli son invité(e) et quitte Georgetown ce matin pour se diriger vers Calabash (Long Island) et y rencontrer les amis dont Tangara qui y est déjà. Nul besoin de dire que la chasse sous-marine sera au programme...
LE TEMPS DE VIVRE : Pierre est arrivé à Georgetown samedi et le bateau est présentement à Emerald Bay Marina. Judy quitte Montréal pour le rejoindre et devrait arriver en après-midi. Demeureront dans les Exumas pour les 2 prochains mois
PANACHE : Johanne et Normand sont à l'Anse Marcelle (St-Martin) et se rendront à Grand'Case pour les fameux "mardis" de l'endroit
PRANA : Denis et Louise sont dans le lagon de St-Martin et ont commandé plusieurs pièces pour le bateau. La dernière pièce à trouver est une membrane pour son désal. Beaucoup de voiliers-amis sont également dans le lagon : Jolie Julie, NenuFar, Absaroque, Dame Licorne
OCÉANA 1 : Luc et Aline sont à Cayo Del Rosario (Cuba) en compagnie de BLEU MARIE et quittent ce matin pour quelques milles de navigation vers un autre cayo. Belle température et beaucoup plus chaud
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle poursuivent leur navigation vers Staniel - Excellente nuit - Position : 24-44 N et 077-23 W (à la hauteur de Highborne dans les Exumas) Vent NE de 8 à 10 noeuds, ils prévoient arriver à destination vers 18h00
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont toujours à Andros - hier ils en ont profité pour confectionner du pain - journée pluvieuse; quitteront probablement demain matin en direction de Nassau.
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe sont à Colombier (St-Barth) en compagnie de GOBE SOUS et poursuivant la tradition, Jacinthe cuisinera des crêpes pour la Chandeleur. Prévoient demeurer à St-Barth quelques jours
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et Nathalie ont quitté tôt ce matin et se dirigent vers Galiot Cut (Exumas) - lignes à l'eau avec de grands espoirs ...
SLY SAN : Sylvain a accueilli son invité(e) et quitte Georgetown ce matin pour se diriger vers Calabash (Long Island) et y rencontrer les amis dont Tangara qui y est déjà. Nul besoin de dire que la chasse sous-marine sera au programme...
LE TEMPS DE VIVRE : Pierre est arrivé à Georgetown samedi et le bateau est présentement à Emerald Bay Marina. Judy quitte Montréal pour le rejoindre et devrait arriver en après-midi. Demeureront dans les Exumas pour les 2 prochains mois
PANACHE : Johanne et Normand sont à l'Anse Marcelle (St-Martin) et se rendront à Grand'Case pour les fameux "mardis" de l'endroit
PRANA : Denis et Louise sont dans le lagon de St-Martin et ont commandé plusieurs pièces pour le bateau. La dernière pièce à trouver est une membrane pour son désal. Beaucoup de voiliers-amis sont également dans le lagon : Jolie Julie, NenuFar, Absaroque, Dame Licorne
TRADITION DE LA "CHANDELEUR" - 2 FÉVRIER
Il existe encore de nos jours toute une symbolique liée à la confection des crêpes.
Une tradition qui remonte à la fin du Ve siècle et liée à un rite de fécondité, consiste à faire sauter les crêpes de la main droite en tenant une pièce d'or, (par exemple un louis d’or) ou à défaut une monnaie, dans la main gauche afin de connaître la prospérité pendant toute l’année, il s'agit de faire en sorte que la crêpe atterrisse correctement dans la poêle.
On dit aussi que la première crêpe confectionnée doit être gardée dans une armoire et qu’ainsi les prochaines récoltes seront abondantes. Il est parfois précisé qu'il s'agit du sommet d'une armoire et que la crêpe est alors réputée ne pas moisir et éloigner la misère et le dénuement
lundi 1 février 2016
MARICHAN - Richard et la famille à BLACK POINT (Exumas)
Nous sommes maintenant rendus à Black Point et nous adorons l'endroit! Il fait super beau et en plus l'ancrage est tranquille. Il y a beaucoup de monde mais assez d'espace et l'eau est calme!
Bonne fin de journée à toi!
Ciao
Chantal xx
Bonne fin de journée à toi!
Ciao
Chantal xx
RODIGNARD _ Richard et Diane - RÉCIT
Oui, c'est bien nous, on ne vous avait pas oublié depuis la dernière fois.
Branchement Internet très difficile, mais enfin nous avons fait une mise à jour de notre blogue avec vidéos, photos et rencontre de d'autres navigateurs.
http://rodignard.blogspot.com/
Bon visionnement.
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Rodignard (Diane & Richard)
rodignard.qc@gmail.com
VA2RDT
Skype: Rodignard
Blog: rodignard.blogspot.ca/
ISMM/MMSI: 316014288
JEAN DU SUD - Yves et l'équipage en navigation - RÉCIT
Où était-on la dernière fois qu’on s’est parlé ? En Martinique, je crois, sur la côte au vent qu’on a brièvement visitée à la demande d’Ainoha. On n’y a passé que quelques jours, car Ainoha devait rentrer au pays Basque dès le samedi. Comme il n’y avait que peu de possibilité de location de voiture pour la conduire à l’aéroport, on est revenus au Marin le vendredi pour la conduire de là à l’aéroport.
On a quitté la Martinique le lundi 25 janvier, depuis le Marin, pour traverser vers Ste-Lucie. Comme d’habitude, beaucoup de vent dans le canal, mais pas jusqu’à demander plus de 2 ris. Arrivés à Rodney Bay pour faire l’entrée officielle à la douane, mais aussi pour remplir la bouteille de propane, qui vient de se déclarer vide. (On ne trouve de propane que dans les îles anglaises, dans les françaises, c’est du butane.) On laisse la bouteille avant midi, elle reviendra pleine à 1530. À l’heure dite, on récupère la bouteille et on file vers Marigot, quelque 8 milles plus au sud. On y arrive juste au coucher du soleil. Marigot est une baie profonde, mais à l’entrée étroite et très discrète, au point qu’on raconte que l’amiral Nelson y aurait fait entrer sa flotte et l’aurait dissimulée à l’aide de palmes fixées dans les mâtures, pour la cacher à la vue de la flotte française qui la cherchait.
Le lendemain (mardi 26), on traverse vers St-Vincent. Très venté, l’alizé souffle grand frais, on doit mettre 3 ris dans la grand voile et rouler partiellement le génois. Arrivée en fin de journée à Cumberland Bay, où on ne met même pas le pied à terre, on s’y arrête simplement pour dormir. De là, le lendemain, mercredi, on traverse directement à Bequia, que j’ai plaisir à revoir. Mais ce n’est pas du tout la même chose, c’est plus commercial, il n’y a plus de construction ou d’entretien de bateau en bois sur la grève. Mais l’endroit demeure très joli. On y restera jusqu’au samedi matin, pour nous (me) reposer des deux traversées précédentes, espérant que l’alizé mollira.
Simplement deux ris pour traverser vers Canouan (l’alizé s’est assagi), où on arrive en mi-journée samedi. Ballade à terre pour acheter du pain à la boulangerie et obtenir le mot de passe du réseau wifi du Tamarind Hotel, qu’on peut capter depuis le bateau. En fouillant dans mes CD, je repère un disque contenant des cartes qu’avait copiées pour moi l’ami Germain, d’Oka. Je constate que ce disque contenait les cartes des Antilles, que je recherchais depuis mon arrivée ici. Ces cartes sont loin d’être à jour, datant d’au moins 2004, mais c’est un ajout très important aux outils de navigation dont je disposais, qui consistait des cartes Navionics sur la tablette, qui sont moins précises. C’est pourquoi je peux maintenant joindre à ce texte une saisie d’écran qui montre la route suivie par JdS.
Dimanche matin, on quitte Canouan pour traverser vers Union Island, en passant au travers des jolies Tobago Cays. On ne s’y arrête pas car il aurait fallu payer une redevance de $10. par personne pour visiter les îles qui sont maintenant parc national, ce qui n’était pas le cas lors de ma dernière visite il y a bientôt 40 ans, on pouvait mouiller où on voulait et plonger sans être accompagné d’un moniteur du parc.
On continue vers Union Island et le mouillage de Tyrell Bay, où se trouve le bateau Bonanza, qui appartient à un couple d’amis de Jacques Vincent, Lulu et Pascal, et où celui-ci doit venir passer deux semaines en mars avec sa Louise. Sur le bateau, il y a aussi Michelle Naud, une amie de longue date de Keven, et que je connaissais à distance par son cousin, Louis Hardy, mais sans jamais l’avoir rencontrée. Michelle est skipper et monitrice de voile-croisière depuis longtemps ; Keven et elle se connaissent depuis qu’il a commencé à faire de la voile.
On n’ira très probablement pas plus loin au sud, c’est le but de la croisière, à partir d’ici, on remontera vers le nord, probablement vers la fin de la semaine, lorsque la panne d’alizé prévue pour ce jeudi se sera réparée. On prévoit courir les quelque 120 milles vers la Martinique d’une seule traite, sans s’arrêter en route, en passant à bonne distance sous le vent des îles pour ne pas perdre le vent.
On a quitté la Martinique le lundi 25 janvier, depuis le Marin, pour traverser vers Ste-Lucie. Comme d’habitude, beaucoup de vent dans le canal, mais pas jusqu’à demander plus de 2 ris. Arrivés à Rodney Bay pour faire l’entrée officielle à la douane, mais aussi pour remplir la bouteille de propane, qui vient de se déclarer vide. (On ne trouve de propane que dans les îles anglaises, dans les françaises, c’est du butane.) On laisse la bouteille avant midi, elle reviendra pleine à 1530. À l’heure dite, on récupère la bouteille et on file vers Marigot, quelque 8 milles plus au sud. On y arrive juste au coucher du soleil. Marigot est une baie profonde, mais à l’entrée étroite et très discrète, au point qu’on raconte que l’amiral Nelson y aurait fait entrer sa flotte et l’aurait dissimulée à l’aide de palmes fixées dans les mâtures, pour la cacher à la vue de la flotte française qui la cherchait.
Le lendemain (mardi 26), on traverse vers St-Vincent. Très venté, l’alizé souffle grand frais, on doit mettre 3 ris dans la grand voile et rouler partiellement le génois. Arrivée en fin de journée à Cumberland Bay, où on ne met même pas le pied à terre, on s’y arrête simplement pour dormir. De là, le lendemain, mercredi, on traverse directement à Bequia, que j’ai plaisir à revoir. Mais ce n’est pas du tout la même chose, c’est plus commercial, il n’y a plus de construction ou d’entretien de bateau en bois sur la grève. Mais l’endroit demeure très joli. On y restera jusqu’au samedi matin, pour nous (me) reposer des deux traversées précédentes, espérant que l’alizé mollira.
Simplement deux ris pour traverser vers Canouan (l’alizé s’est assagi), où on arrive en mi-journée samedi. Ballade à terre pour acheter du pain à la boulangerie et obtenir le mot de passe du réseau wifi du Tamarind Hotel, qu’on peut capter depuis le bateau. En fouillant dans mes CD, je repère un disque contenant des cartes qu’avait copiées pour moi l’ami Germain, d’Oka. Je constate que ce disque contenait les cartes des Antilles, que je recherchais depuis mon arrivée ici. Ces cartes sont loin d’être à jour, datant d’au moins 2004, mais c’est un ajout très important aux outils de navigation dont je disposais, qui consistait des cartes Navionics sur la tablette, qui sont moins précises. C’est pourquoi je peux maintenant joindre à ce texte une saisie d’écran qui montre la route suivie par JdS.
Dimanche matin, on quitte Canouan pour traverser vers Union Island, en passant au travers des jolies Tobago Cays. On ne s’y arrête pas car il aurait fallu payer une redevance de $10. par personne pour visiter les îles qui sont maintenant parc national, ce qui n’était pas le cas lors de ma dernière visite il y a bientôt 40 ans, on pouvait mouiller où on voulait et plonger sans être accompagné d’un moniteur du parc.
On continue vers Union Island et le mouillage de Tyrell Bay, où se trouve le bateau Bonanza, qui appartient à un couple d’amis de Jacques Vincent, Lulu et Pascal, et où celui-ci doit venir passer deux semaines en mars avec sa Louise. Sur le bateau, il y a aussi Michelle Naud, une amie de longue date de Keven, et que je connaissais à distance par son cousin, Louis Hardy, mais sans jamais l’avoir rencontrée. Michelle est skipper et monitrice de voile-croisière depuis longtemps ; Keven et elle se connaissent depuis qu’il a commencé à faire de la voile.
On n’ira très probablement pas plus loin au sud, c’est le but de la croisière, à partir d’ici, on remontera vers le nord, probablement vers la fin de la semaine, lorsque la panne d’alizé prévue pour ce jeudi se sera réparée. On prévoit courir les quelque 120 milles vers la Martinique d’une seule traite, sans s’arrêter en route, en passant à bonne distance sous le vent des îles pour ne pas perdre le vent.
VACATIONS AU RÉSEAU LUNDI MATIN
TARANGA : Gervais et Monique sont aux Saintes et en profitent pour rencontrer des amis. Prévoient un départ demain matin en direction de Deshaies (Guadeloupe)
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe ont quitté Barbuda ce matin à 05h40 en compagnie de GOBE SOUS et se dirigent vers Colombier (St-Barth). Superbe navigation par vent arrière et tout va très bien
UNI : Gilles et Nicole sont à Georgetown (Bahamas) et se dirigent vers Lee Stocking
TANGARA : Jean-Claude et Lucie sont à Calabash Bay (Long Island) en compagnie de Vagabond et La Cavaleuse. Y demeureront 2 à 3 jours et s'adonneront à la pêche sous-marine. Endroit très bien protégé
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle ont quitté Miami à minuit pour traverser le Gulf Stream et se diriger vers Staniel. Au moment du Réseau, ils étaient à 14mn du banc. Navigueront sur Tongue of the Ocean pour s'y rendre.
LAGOONA : Vasco et Zoe sont à Marigot Bay (St-Martin) et prévoient quitter mercredi pour se rendre directement sur Bequia et poursuivre par la suite leur navigation vers Grenade. Retour au Québec le 2 mars.
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et son épouse sont à Lee Stocking (Exumas) ; remonteront vers le nord pour redescendre vers Georgetown avant le 12 février pour y accueillir leur fille.
ONE LIFE : Sébastien et Marie-Claude sont à Bell Island avec leurs invités et navigueront vers Black Point aujourd'hui. Remonteront lentement vers Nassau
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane sont à Big Major (Exumas) et ont pris la décision de descendre vers les Caraibes et laisser le voilier à Grenade pour l'été.
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont toujours à Andros et ont accueilli TRIBUL et Mauliac en fin de semaines. Belle plongée en apnée fructueuse de nuit hier. Ils ne manqueront pas d'Omega 3... Quitteront cette semaine en direction de Nassau
PASSION REBELLE : Mathieu et la famille quittent Lee Stocking ce matin en direction de Georgetown où ils feront des approvisionnements. Aimeraient naviguer jusqu'à Mayaguana et aller directement à Puerto Rico si les conditions météo le permettent. Cette fenêtre est rare et ils verront lorsque le moment sera venu. Sinon, ils devront naviguer vers les T&C et la République Dominicaine.
JOYA : Jean-Marie continue de bien profiter de Georgetown et se dirigera prochaine vers Lee Stocking
PINNACLE : Robert et Ginette sont à Deshaies (Guadeloupe) et n'ont pas l'intention de naviguer pour les prochaines jours
L'EAU-DACE 4 : Martine et Lisette sont en marina à Roatan et y laisseront le bateau pour 1 mois. Ils quittent pour une exploration de l'île en sac à dos.
OCÉANE 2 : Jean et Jacinthe ont quitté Barbuda ce matin à 05h40 en compagnie de GOBE SOUS et se dirigent vers Colombier (St-Barth). Superbe navigation par vent arrière et tout va très bien
UNI : Gilles et Nicole sont à Georgetown (Bahamas) et se dirigent vers Lee Stocking
TANGARA : Jean-Claude et Lucie sont à Calabash Bay (Long Island) en compagnie de Vagabond et La Cavaleuse. Y demeureront 2 à 3 jours et s'adonneront à la pêche sous-marine. Endroit très bien protégé
BEARAWAY : Jean et Danielle ont quitté Miami à minuit pour traverser le Gulf Stream et se diriger vers Staniel. Au moment du Réseau, ils étaient à 14mn du banc. Navigueront sur Tongue of the Ocean pour s'y rendre.
LAGOONA : Vasco et Zoe sont à Marigot Bay (St-Martin) et prévoient quitter mercredi pour se rendre directement sur Bequia et poursuivre par la suite leur navigation vers Grenade. Retour au Québec le 2 mars.
CARIBBEAN BREEZE : Stéphane et son épouse sont à Lee Stocking (Exumas) ; remonteront vers le nord pour redescendre vers Georgetown avant le 12 février pour y accueillir leur fille.
ONE LIFE : Sébastien et Marie-Claude sont à Bell Island avec leurs invités et navigueront vers Black Point aujourd'hui. Remonteront lentement vers Nassau
RODIGNARD : Richard et Diane sont à Big Major (Exumas) et ont pris la décision de descendre vers les Caraibes et laisser le voilier à Grenade pour l'été.
ALEGRIA : Gaétan et Marie sont toujours à Andros et ont accueilli TRIBUL et Mauliac en fin de semaines. Belle plongée en apnée fructueuse de nuit hier. Ils ne manqueront pas d'Omega 3... Quitteront cette semaine en direction de Nassau
PASSION REBELLE : Mathieu et la famille quittent Lee Stocking ce matin en direction de Georgetown où ils feront des approvisionnements. Aimeraient naviguer jusqu'à Mayaguana et aller directement à Puerto Rico si les conditions météo le permettent. Cette fenêtre est rare et ils verront lorsque le moment sera venu. Sinon, ils devront naviguer vers les T&C et la République Dominicaine.
JOYA : Jean-Marie continue de bien profiter de Georgetown et se dirigera prochaine vers Lee Stocking
PINNACLE : Robert et Ginette sont à Deshaies (Guadeloupe) et n'ont pas l'intention de naviguer pour les prochaines jours
L'EAU-DACE 4 : Martine et Lisette sont en marina à Roatan et y laisseront le bateau pour 1 mois. Ils quittent pour une exploration de l'île en sac à dos.
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