Cheap Stops from Nova Scotia to Florida

snapdragon747 · 20-09-2009, 07:50

Hi, We are currently travelling on our C&C29 from Nova Scotia down to Florida and beyond to escape the cold.

We are on a very tight budget thanks to the Canadian authorities refusing to allow me to work temporarily (I am a Scottish boat builder and repairer) So we are looking for some extremely cheap places, or better still, free places to stop along the way and if there is a chance of a few boat repair jobs in that area all the better!

Got any ideas?

Thanks

George

s/v Breakaway · 20-09-2009, 14:51

Uhhhh.....can't you just anchor out? Especially if you take the ICW.

speciald@ocens. · 20-09-2009, 14:57

Plenty of places to anchor for free once you rech the ICW.

Island Mike · 21-09-2009, 04:38

We went from CT to FL (via ICW) and anchored about 75% of the time. Get Skipper Bobs book on places to anchor along the ICW. There are even a number of docks along the way where you can tie up short term for Free. ie.

s/v Moondancer · 21-09-2009, 05:07

Comming south from Halifax and too big for the ICW we anchored for free at:
Shelbourne
Bar Harbor
Swann Island
Rockland
Then due to the 4,000,000 lobster pots in Maine we crossed directly to
Provincetown Mass where we anchored and then crossed to the Cape Cod Cannal
Mattapoisett
Newport
Duck Island
New Rochelle
Paid at 79th St Marina in NY
Cape May
Sassafrass River having gone up the Delaware and down the Cannal to the Chesapeake
Paid at the City Dock in Baltimore but there were two Brit boats anchored in the basin right down town
Round Hattaras and then anchored at the following
Beafort NC
Charleston
St Fernandino Beach FL
St Augustine
Lake Worth Inlet
Miami, outside No Name Harbor, off Richenbacker Causeway, outside the mooring field at Dinner Key Lots of place to anchor in Biscayne and the Keys
Bimini
Nassua
Once on the various Bahama Banks almost anywhere
Georgetown
Gt Inguana Key
San Juan PR
St Martin and you are now in the Caribbean and can anchor somewhere off almost any island

Good luck, when you get down Island we are a big blue 'Gin Palace of a cutter...come over for a beer.

Maren · 21-09-2009, 06:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by s/v Moondancer

Comming south from Halifax and too big for the ICW we anchored for free at...

Add Elizabeth City and Edenton, NC to the list your list of free docks (as opposed to anchorages).

Side note: The grocery store in EC will come pick you up and drop you and your groceries off. There is a plexiglass covered bullitin board with the sign and number. I confirmed the sign as of early Sept 2009.

20-09-2009, 07:50	#1
snapdragon747 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Curently in Nova Scotia on passage Boat: C&C 29 Posts: 26	Cheap Stops from Nova Scotia to Florida Hi, We are currently travelling on our C&C29 from Nova Scotia down to Florida and beyond to escape the cold. We are on a very tight budget thanks to the Canadian authorities refusing to allow me to work temporarily (I am a Scottish boat builder and repairer) So we are looking for some extremely cheap places, or better still, free places to stop along the way and if there is a chance of a few boat repair jobs in that area all the better! Got any ideas? Thanks George

21-09-2009, 04:38	#4
Island Mike Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jacksonville, FL Boat: Far East Mariner 40 - Tivoli Posts: 570 Images: 8	We went from CT to FL (via ICW) and anchored about 75% of the time. Get Skipper Bobs book on places to anchor along the ICW. There are even a number of docks along the way where you can tie up short term for Free. ie. __________________ S/V Tivoli Mike & Paula

21-09-2009, 05:07	#5
s/v Moondancer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Caribbean and moving north Boat: Tayana 55 Posts: 357	Comming south from Halifax and too big for the ICW we anchored for free at: Shelbourne Bar Harbor Swann Island Rockland Then due to the 4,000,000 lobster pots in Maine we crossed directly to Provincetown Mass where we anchored and then crossed to the Cape Cod Cannal Mattapoisett Newport Duck Island New Rochelle Paid at 79th St Marina in NY Cape May Sassafrass River having gone up the Delaware and down the Cannal to the Chesapeake Paid at the City Dock in Baltimore but there were two Brit boats anchored in the basin right down town Round Hattaras and then anchored at the following Beafort NC Charleston St Fernandino Beach FL St Augustine Lake Worth Inlet Miami, outside No Name Harbor, off Richenbacker Causeway, outside the mooring field at Dinner Key Lots of place to anchor in Biscayne and the Keys Bimini Nassua Once on the various Bahama Banks almost anywhere Georgetown Gt Inguana Key San Juan PR St Martin and you are now in the Caribbean and can anchor somewhere off almost any island Good luck, when you get down Island we are a big blue 'Gin Palace of a cutter...come over for a beer. __________________ Phil "Remember, experience only means that you screw-up less often."

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20-09-2009, 14:51	#2
s/v Breakaway Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chesapeake Boat: Cal 34 1978 Posts: 57	Uhhhh.....can't you just anchor out? Especially if you take the ICW.

20-09-2009, 14:57	#3
speciald@ocens. Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On the boat - Carib, Chesapeake Boat: 58 Taswell AS Posts: 497	Plenty of places to anchor for free once you rech the ICW.