Monday, May 5, 2008
A Place NOT to Go
When anchoring in the Causeway anchorage in Fort Pierce do NOT anchor in position 27 -27.355N / 080-18.282 W. The chart shows a large deep pool of water; what it does not show is the two sunken barges at this position. We found this morning that our anchor had become very attached to one of the barges. After vain attempts to raise the anchor, almost ruining the bowsprit in the process (we didn't) we called Tow Boat US. The tow captain said he knew what it was and would bring a diver out to try to save the anchor. They arrived promptly and found the anchor snagged on the corner of one of the barges; took 3 minutes to free it. Not a good start of the day, but a satisfactory ending. We are in Vero Beach for a couple of days and then heading home as rapidly as possible.
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I don't know exactly why but it really creeps me out when there are unmarked sunken boats. Just gives me the heebie jeebies thinking that there is a whole boat under the water that I am on that I don't know about. Probably part of a larger issue. The idea of scuba diving on a sunken ship gives me heebie jeebies just as big. I don't even particularly like swimming next to boats, docks etc. Again, it gives me the heebie jeebies and I swim fast for more open water.
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