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Best overnight bay/cove
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11/11/2021 03:33 PM
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Posts: 231 Philadelphia -- GO EAGLES!!!
bricksmythe
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Chartering in April. Need recommendations on your favorite overnight anchorage in the Scrub Is./Beef Is./Camanoe/Marina Cay area. Not looking for a slip. Mooring field/anchor only. Thanks!
"The cure for anything is saltwater -- sweat, tears, and the sea." - Isak Dinesen
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: Volle Maan]
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11/11/2021 09:46 PM
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Kegoangoango
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We always did well mooring in Trellis Bay and off of Marina Cay. X2. Recommend Trellis over Marina, as the Scrub island shuttle runs just off the mooring field and sends a wake through the field until 10 or so at night (at least it did the last time I was there in 2019].
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: bricksmythe]
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11/12/2021 09:21 AM
11/12/2021 09:21 AM
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Posts: 1,956 St. John, USVI
RickG
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We're looking forward to getting back to the quiet Guana Island anchorage.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: bricksmythe]
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11/14/2021 08:13 AM
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GeorgeC1
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Unless there has been a change since July the balls at Marina Key have been unmaintained since Irma. I picked one up in June and dove it and another ball. The shackles look pretty questionable. 4 years is a long time without maintenance. It’s surprising they don’t maintain the balls and start collecting the fees. There is a lot of money to be made there. G
Last edited by GeorgeC1; 11/14/2021 08:16 AM.
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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11/14/2021 08:48 AM
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MIDiver
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Agree George - we checked them out in July and weren’t feeling good about things so passed. Wish they were being taken care of! Looking forward to your report Husker - we arrive the following week.
Last edited by MIDiver; 11/14/2021 08:49 AM.
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: Husker]
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11/17/2021 05:20 AM
11/17/2021 05:20 AM
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GreatLakes2Sea
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My lean is to Marina Cay as you are right next to Diamond reef and some amazing snorkeling. yeah, the Scrub Island shuttles are a little annoying. We stayed there on a mooring in April also to be closer to the reef ... however agree that the moorings did not look maintained. The first one we picked up and subsequently dove on, we released and moved to another in the field as it looked a bit questionable.
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: bricksmythe]
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11/17/2021 09:38 AM
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cwoody
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Is there anyone collecting mooring fees at MC? Surprised Boaty Ball has not jumped on this.
Chuck W.
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Re: Best overnight bay/cove
[Re: jagmansr]
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11/17/2021 02:33 PM
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GeorgeC1
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The same people collecting at Trellis collect Marina Cay No one collected when I was there. You may have been scammed a bit unless Trellis has acquired the seabed licenses. If so they should be maintaining the balls.
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