vasco - the west
marine at halifax harbor marina, and the west marine in south daytona, consolidated into one store about a mile west of the marina a few months ago..
markus -
anchoring rules in
florida changed a few years ago. in general (meaning not in a designated
mooring field) you can anchor just about anywhere and the water nazis can't chase you out. they can inspect your
boat for a
holding tank and give you a ticket for not displaying an anchor light at night. just play nice, keep a clean
boat, and you should have no problems. as you
cruise down the
icw in
florida you will see
boats anchored out just about anywhere.
there is an anchorage "area" just south of our sailing club in daytona beach. it is not a designated anchorage, and you won't see an anchor on a chart of the area. it just sort of came to be all by itself. being in front of a water treatment plant there are no dirt dwelling property owners to complain about it, and being used by some of our club members we keep it pretty clean. dozens of snowbirds passing through stop there every fall and spring. some other non-designated
anchorages are not so clean....
as vasco said, there is a boat launch
ramp inside halifax harbor marina and i suppose - although i have no personal knowledge - that you could tie up there for awhile. there is also a yacht club near the marina but they have limited
docking, and no dinghy dock. probably the best place to tie up - and lock up - would be the town dock i described before.