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Several people have recommended Spring Garden Creek and Ponce De Leon Springs to me, but in 5 years of coming down here every winter I have yet to try it. I just checked chart 11498-a, and though access to it through Lake Woodruff is shallow, there seems to be enough water for our C-Dorys. It's...

I'm using Firefox 19.0.2 on Ubuntu 10.12; no problems.

The CD-22 Cruiser is just about perfect for me. If life's circumstances were different and my wife liked to boat, I'd get a bigger CD, but I travel alone, and live comfortably on my CD-22 for months at a time, easily pulling it down the road with a 6-cylinder Ford Explorer. In the summer I...

I think you went up Bear Creek instead of the main channel of the Oklawaha. Bear Creek is really a side channel, and meets the main Oklawaha a few miles upriver from the St Johns where your photo was taken, I think. Here's a link to my photo at the same spot...

I didn't have a good experience with Jacksonville's Transit System. I waited at a bus stop on the outskirts of town for nearly an hour, only to see the bus go by without stopping. Contrast this with Honolulu, where a typical wait is 15 minutes, The Bus will haul your bicycle for you, and an...

I love cruising on the St Johns. If you stop at Hontoon Island State Park say hello to Glen and Buzz. I'll be at Tropical Resort & Marina on Lake Beresford from mid-January thru February on my C-Dory, so stop and say hello. If you get to Acosta Creek Harbor just north of Welaka say hi to Jay...

I've disovered using pure alcohol causes the bottoms of my pots to blacken, which doesn't occur if you add a little water to the alcohol. Or better yet, use 180-proof rum. It's cheaper, too. :-)

1. "How to Read a Nautical Chart" by Nigel Calder, International Marine / McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-137615-1. 2. "Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook" by Nigel Calder, International Marine ISBN 0-07-135099-3 3. "Chapman Piloting & Seamanship" by Elbert S. Maloney, Hearst Books ISBN 1-58816-089-0...

Every once in awhile I'll stay at a marina where only 15-amp current is available from a GFCI socket, and I always have trouble with the GFCI being tripped. Sometimes I've been able to get it to work by turning everything off in the boat, then turning on the main switch to shore power, and if...

I second the advice about not using a stern anchor and not throwing the anchor, and using a 7:1 on the rode. Both anchors off the bow, if you need two. I keep a just-in-case Fortress anchor mounted at the bow, but when I anchor overnight I use a Delta Plow instead...

I use Piranha propellers, and recently noticed that engine would sometimes cavitate when quartering waves 2 to 3 feet in height. I found a chip in the edge of one blade, about a half-inch long by a quarter inch deep. In five minutes I had that one blade replaced, and had a propeller like new...

I have 1300 hours on my twin Honda 40 outboards, purchased in 2004. The only repair in all that time was to replace a stuck thermostat. Since I did the Great Loop in 2004/2005, they mostly have been used for waterskiing, with a few 200 mile trips on the Mississippi, St Johns River in Florida...

I'm using Firefox on Ubuntu Linux, and it works great.

When I went up the Lostman's River in Everglades National Park, I anchored several hundred yards from shore, out in the middle of Second Bay. I got eaten alive by mosquitos, and since I had all the screens closed, and a towel draped over the bilge pump hole, I couldn't understand why, until...

I've cruised the Apostles via sailboat, kayak, and my 22-Cruiser. It's a great place. Bayfield itself is a wonderful community with great restaurants and shops. The Chautauqua Big Top is only a few miles away, and they used to have a free shuttle from Bayfield; don't know whether they still...

My wife's a dog person, I'm a cat person. I love that video!

Of the forums I'm the member of, I think the format of this one is the best there is, and the people are almost always courteous and friendly. But in the case of the author of this thread, not!

I use it mostly for planning, developing routes, etc., before I leave home. Say I'm sitting in Wisconsin on a cold snowy evening, and I'd like to look at the best routes in and out of Chokoloskee Bay down in Florida. I have a waypoint for that location, so I can quickly focus on there on the...

That almost works. When I've selected the waypoint, then selected Map, it shows me the waypoint centered on the proper map, but the only option when I then press enter is GO, which returns the map so my current location is centered, with navigation to the selected waypoint turned on, and a line...

I recently bought a Garmin GPSMAP 78SC, and I'm learning how to use it. I have two questions so far: 1. The chart plotter software I use on my laptop has a feature that lets me focus on a particular waypoint, e.g. I click on "Focus on Waypoint," click on "Everglades Challenge Start," and...