Great article on Walker Mangum and his love affair with Anegada:

https://keysintheconchshell.com/

Great story...thanks for sharing

Grateful for him for his chart as it made my first trip to Anegada possible

Great story about a truly great couple..I am lucky to call them family too..

I haven't heard anything about Walker Mangum for a long time. I'm glad to see some recent information about him.

He now lives permanently on Anegada. Spoke with him last week and he is doing just fine!

I will read this more completely in the evening. Brings back memories. My wife & I started chartering in 1977 with CSY. Anegada and White Bay were a no-go. About 1983 we started chartering with the Moorings. Again, those places were "off-limits" "red-lined". It stayed that way for a long time too. Walker had a lot to do with changing all of that. Thanks, Walker!

Paid $40 to the Moorings in 1998 to follow a "flotilla" to Anegada and become "certified".
Here are the directions and map they gave us.
Did not get a chance to meet Walker till after they built.

We’re with Walker and Nancy this week.

Please tell him thank you from someone he doesn't know for helping me along the way...and tell him I have tried best to pay his hard work and generosity forward by navigating others to Anegada.

Thanks- great article. We followed a lot of his advice over the years! Not only with Navigation but also some great recipes.

What weather makes it a bad day to go from beyc to Anegada thinking of going tomorrow morning but it’s going to be windy

Horseshoe Reef mitigates the seas. Winds up to the mid-20s make it a lively and fast sail. If you’re on a monohull, reef your sails if you’re broaching. If you’re on a cat, enjoy the speed.

Please reef the cat also! You will go faster and the rig will appreciate it!
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If in doubt, reef before leaving North Sound.