Free Dock Review for Village of Holley Canal Park

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

We love this spot! Free wall, power, water and bathrooms/showers in a park setting. The short walk to the waterfall park is a must! Close to town for meals/ice cream. We will be back!

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Free Dock Review for Lock E35, Lockport - Free Dock

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Great spot to learn about the history of the Erie Canal. Limited space but very accommodating lock masters.

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Free Dock Review for Canal Port Medina

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Free power, water, pump out! Great historic late 19th century downtown and phenomenal railroad museum with unbelievable model train layout!

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Free Dock Review for Lyons Dock on the Erie Canal

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 8, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Nice spot. Free wall, power and water. Bathroom and showers at fire station next to dock. Friendly welcome wagon group .

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Free Dock Review for Port of Pittsford

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 8, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

Great stop. Perfect park setting close to everything. Free dock, power, water and bathroom access at the library building. Bike trail will take you all the way to Wegman's grocery store! Makes Whole Foods look like Dollar Tree .

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Free Dock Review for Seneca Falls - Free Dock

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Jun 3, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Free with power and water, what more can you ask for? Pedestals are on the wall only. BE SURE to register your boat at the visitors center!

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Free Dock Review for Canajoharie Riverfront Park

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on May 28, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

This review is for the wall as no floating docks were present. It is a perfectly fine sea wall with bollards and shackles to tie up to. The wall is fine, not that rough at all. The wall is not that high as we could step off our diminutive Ranger Tug 29S onto the wall just fine. No water, no power, no bathrooms but no charge either. Nice little park and just steps away from the Arkell Museum of Art. Where else are you going to see a bunch of actual Homer Winslow paintings?

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Marina Review for Captain Bill's Landing

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on May 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

No power. No water. Not floating docks. That said, $2 per foot with fuel, great location to the boardwalk; cheapest fuel prices on the shore. Mostly Capt Bill is a great guy. Sat with us and spent time advising us on the trip to NYC.

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Anchorage Review for Cape May Harbor East

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on May 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Not protected from east through north winds. Plenty of fetch. I would not leave my boat unattended here. We saw a Great Loop YouTube and pretty much everyone dragged. I had 7:1 out at high tide and 12:1 out at low tide. Blowing 20 knots. Held steady for 15hours and let go at low tide even though the bearing to the . anchor hadn't really changed that much. Thank the gods for my anchor alarm app. 5:15 a.m. wake up call!

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Anchorage Review for Chesapeake City

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on May 8, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Sweet little anchorage. Hook set first try. We saw 20ft of depth at high tide. Well protected. 72 hour limit.

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Anchorage Review for San Domingo Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Apr 30, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great anchorage. We dropped the hook deeper into the creek in 5 ft at low tide. Dock is close by. Just phenomenal.

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Anchorage Review for Oxford - Town Creek East Cove

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Apr 27, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Sweet anchorage for shallower draft boats. We anchored in 5 feet at low tied with a plow style anchor. Nicely protected and short ride to the Market St dinghy dock.

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Lock comment on South Mills Lock

Comment by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Apr 16, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Time your arrival no sooner than ten minutes before the lock opening time. No real great options to hang out for the lock to open. The usually have it open ten minutes before the scheduled time.

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Anchorage Review for Waccamaw River - Bull Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 31, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Anywhere from the anchor mark to the next bend is good. We anchored in 25ft and the current kept us straight all night. The next bend was 15ft. Good dinghy exploring further up. There is shore access for hiking a bit up the way on Sandy Island Preserve. Small sand boat landing. Fast moving fishing boats all day, so make sure you Don't drop the hook in a blind spot. Quieted down at night.

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Anchorage Review for Toogoodoo Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 22, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

lovely well-protected spot. At high tide anchored in 19'. Held great through the tidal current changes. Dolphins in the area. Very peaceful and only one fishing boat overnight.

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Anchorage Review for Inner Bull Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 18, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Nice quiet spot with decent protection NW through South as you move clockwise. Shoaling off Savage Island (NW) is more extensive than our chart plotter indicates. Stay toward Bull Island (NE).

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Anchorage Review for Ossabaw Island - Cane Patch Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 16, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great anchorage. We actually dropped the hook just east of this spot at the elbow where the creek turns north as it was a bit shallower. Very quiet and protected spot. You wouldn't have known by the calmness of the water that a thunderstorm passed over us at night.

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Anchorage Review for North Newport River - Walburg Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

We dropped the hook to the north of this spot just off the beach for a day stop and beach walk. Got close enough for 15' of depth. Nice walk on the beach. Inland is off limits.

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Anchorage Review for Crescent River (north)

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Nice peaceful spot. We dinghied up the creek to the Fish Dock restaurant on Sapelo River for dinner. Made sure we left approx two hours before low tide for the run back to the boat.

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Anchorage Review for Frederica River (North)

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Nice place to drop the hook. You will swing 180 degrees with tide change. Park is nice with old fort ruins and nice visitor center. Dinghy dock in mud within two hours of low tide. If coming from the north, the entrance to the creek was shallower than our Garmin indicated. We came through at mid-tide ( approx +3') and saw 7 feet depth.

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Marina Review for Jekyll Harbor Marina

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

Nice marina. Super helpful staff and courtesy bikes and golf carts. Showers were good and the hot tub was good enough. The island is a must stop imho, very interesting history. Fuel price was reasonable relative to other places. Pump out = $5.

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Anchorage Review for Cumberland Island

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great spot to anchor and explore the island. Island is very interesting with feral horses, hiking trails, ruins of a great mansion and super beach. Campground has nice restrooms with cold water showers. You will swing 180 degrees. Anchor to leave room for frequent ferries but away from sand bar very visible at low tide.

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Anchorage Review for Fort George Island

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 6, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great stop. Be sure and visit the historic plantation open Wednesday thru Sunday

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Free Dock Review for Jim King Park at Sisters Creek Marina

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 5, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Free floating dock. No power. Water on either end. Plenty deep enough. Sign says rafting up is mandatory. Restrooms (not exactly 4 Seasons level) close by and up the hill. Great natural area. Free pump out around the corner at the day-use-only docks. Bring your kayak!

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Marina Review for PORT 32 Jacksonville

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Mar 4, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

One of the nicest marinas we have been to in 2,600 great loop miles. Very close to Publix, West Marine, Panera, Chipotle and more. Nice showers, pool and hot tub. Accommodating staff.

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Anchorage Review for Six Mile Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 2, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Beautiful spot to drop the hook off the long floating ( no trespassing) docks. Take the dinghy 1.5m up Six Mile Creek and experience Nature's Cathedral

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Free Dock Review for Corky Bell's Seafood and Steak at Gator Landing

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Mar 2, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

Free over night dockage (no power no water) if you have dinner. Hard to complain about that! Good dinner, good service, senior citizen specials! Nice dock Nice people.

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Marina Review for Hontoon Island State Park

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Mar 1, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

Great spot. Limited dock space for boats 30' and over (two spots at end of "T"). That said floating docks have power and water. Nice anchorages nearby. Clean restrooms with showers. Super friendly park staff. Very nice hiking trails. Campsites are nice for when they open. Nice spot to kayak/camp! Good cell service

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Marina Review for Downtown Sanford Marina

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Feb 29, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Location for exploring Sanford is excellent. Sanford downtown is nice "Old Florida" with several excellent restaurants. We liked the Old Jailhouse place. Marina staff is friendly. rates are not expensive. Showers and bathrooms are not that great, but acceptable. Docks were floating and nice.

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Marina Review for Big River Marina and Lodge

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Feb 27, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Not fancy but at $1 per foot the price was right. Clean bathrooms and showers. Friendly staff. Narrow entrance, but not a long one.

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Marina Review for Green Cove Springs City Pier

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Feb 25, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Dock ok for smaller boats far away enough from shore to be exposed even in a strong west wind. Nice city park with spring that feeds a public pool (closed November thru May per a local). Spring Park Coffee shop was perfect.

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Anchorage Review for Silver Glen Springs

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Feb 25, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great place to stop but not on the weekend unless you like loud music and party boats. Arrived at 4:30 pm on a Sunday, with loud partiers. By 6:00 pm we had the place to ourselves. Sheriff Deputy stopped by and was super nice. Told us that 3' is about it for draft to come up all the way to the spring. Else anchor out and come up with dingy. He said the state is working on getting rid of the derelict boats. Gators, manatees, racoons, turtles, etc. Enjoying a lovely peaceful quite night on the hook in the spring. Crystal clear water.

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Free Dock Review for Palatka City Dock

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Feb 24, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

Free dock. No power to the pedestals but they did have water. Limited spots for bigger boats on floating docks, more on fixed docks. Yes, bird poop on docks ,but instead of just posting a complaint, we cleaned it off near our boat. Great State Park 1.5 miles away: Ravine Gardens State Park. Park is a great place to hike. Several trails of varying length and difficulty. Nice town park and we hit a classic car show!

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Anchorage Review for Six Mile Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Feb 24, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Well protected anchorage just northwest of large floating dock ( no trespassing signs on dock). Very well protected from all but north winds. We took the dinghy up the creek approximately 1.5 miles and it was a wonderful ride thru nature. Kayak heaven.

We had ten feet off that south of the dock, watch your depth coming into the bay.

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Free Dock Review for Jim King Park at Sisters Creek Marina

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Feb 24, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

We launched our trip up the St. John's River from here. We had sixteen feet of draft at low tide, so no worries there. The docks are free with a seventy-two-hour limit and have no electricity but do have two water spigots at either end of the floating docks. There are two sets of bathrooms with the ones in the blue building being slightly more serviceable (bring your own t/p). There is a sign that says that "rafting of similar sized boats is required" and there are garbage cans to empty your trash. The setting is very natural with a big flock of Northern White Pelicans huddled nearby, in fact from certain vantage points it isn't hard to imagine that you are back in the 1800's. There are designated kayak trails throughout the marshes and if we had brought our kayaks, we would have stayed for our full allotted seventy-two hours.

Don't confuse these docks with the ones on the eastern side of the park, those do not allow overnight stay "without a permit" but where you'd obtain a permit is anyone's guess. An early morning stroll around the park noted quite a few fishermen using the boat ramp on the east side and tying up to those docks. The east side did have a working free pump-out station.

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Anchorage Review for Okatuppa Creek

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Nov 22, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Very nice anchorage. If you get there early please pull up around the bend so boats thinking that they can get into Bashi's, but can't, can get in. We had to anchor just barely inside the mouth but had good holding in 12 feet. We had three boats rafted up as "earlier" boats did not turn the bend. Two ten ft beam and one very large catamaran (26' beam ?)


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Anchorage Review for Fulton Recreation Area

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Nov 17, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Nice channel markers into the boat ramp! We came in just before sundown in a light mist so the parking lot street lamp that nicely bisected the channel markers was well placed and helpful. We dropped the hook a few yards south of the line through the red buoys and held well. Would not venture too far afield as tree tops were visible south of us. Good spot to wait for a morning lock through at Fulton L&D.

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Anchorage Review for Wolf Island

Reviewed by: david kanzler, Hygge, on Nov 16, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Great anchorage. Lots of room. Gentle current

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Marina Review for CenterPointe Marina

Reviewed by: david kanzler , Hygge, on Sep 25, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 29'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 5

Not the cheapest, but the best. Hot tub that works, pool, great lounge, great shower/bathrooms. Great staff. Walking distance to grocery, food, coffee, shops, etc.

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