Reviews from Erin Wreski (10)

Anchorage Review for West River - Popham Creek

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Nov 1, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Stayed here one night late October in 9' of water in a cozy corner durning a northwesterly blow. Our Rocna held easily. We were the only boat so incredibly quiet, no wakes. Easy dingy over to Pirate's Cove restaurant with friendly staff and locals. At least one other restaurant over there. Did not look to go much more inland. Nice overnight stop. 3 bars of T-mobile service, so slow, but useable.

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Marina Review for Thunderbolt Marine

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski , Water Wings, on Aug 1, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Great stop for a night as we cruised up the ICW. Pulled up and got fuel then just walked the boat up the dock away from the pumps for the night. We had about a 1 kt current while docking, but dock hand was great. Clean bathrooms, Laundry was $3 a load. Courtesy car for use allowed us to get over to West Marine and Kroger. We walked out the gate to Tubby's Tank house for dinner and drinks. Fun place.

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Anchorage Review for Daytona - Seabreeze North

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 26, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Anchored on the Northeast corner just off the rocks abeam the end of the manatee zone sign in 2.5m. Huge storm rolled through so high winds, but anchor held with 7:1 scope, lightning hit the bridge 200m off our stern. Yikes. then cleared up . Off-season, late in the day, no wakes. Dinghied around to the S side of the North bridge to the boat ramp and tied up, walked up Sea Breeze Ave. Ate awesome pizza at Daytona Pizza and Wings (highly recommend!) and had a beer at Daytona Taproom (rude bartender, very smokey from their frier). Headed over to Caribbean Jack's for a drink...very easy to dinghy up and grab drink, great view of rocket launch and friendly service. Great stop.

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Marina Review for Titusville Marina

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski , Water Wings, on Jul 26, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Protected Marina, no worry about tides. Stopped in for diesel (around $4.60/gal with US Boat discount) and water. Great dockhand helped us out. Easy in and out!

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Anchorage Review for Titusville R30

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 26, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

9' of water, good holding in mud. Great view of Cape Canaveral, though the launch (though I may go up to the next bridge for viewing as it was also great as we traveled north) was canceled sadly due to endless storms. Did not go ashore. Great cell service. No big wakes. Just us an one other boat.

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Free Dock Review for West Palm Beach (Fern Street) Municipal Dock

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 20, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

1st come, 1st served, long low dock, lots of space and technically open from 5am to midnight. But there were definitely boats there that hadn't moved in a while. We tied up for 2 hours to do a motor test and make a grocery run. Dumpster at the end on the left.

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Anchorage Review for West Palm Beach

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 20, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

We anchored just after the bridge on the east side of the ICW. Good amount of current kept our chain taut often, but very good holding in mudd. Easy access to the two public free docks (we actually tied up to the south one for about 2 hours in the morning with no issues. There is a dumpster for trash at the end of that dock and a beautiful park and lots of restaurants and shopping. Publix is about a 5 minute bike ride/15 min walk...there were free shuttles around as well, not sure of all the stops they go to. We really enjoyed our night here.

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Anchorage Review for Lake Santa Barbara

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 19, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Stayed 1 night as a stop over. Anchored just off the entrance on the south side in 8-9'. Being a little off season on a Tuesday night, we found it VERY quiet and pleasant with only a handful of boats anchored. Some small boat traffic, but almost all of them slowed to provide very little wake. Didn't go ashore. Good cell service.

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Marina Review for Safe Harbor Lauderdale Marine Center

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski , Water Wings, on Jul 19, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

We are a 44' cat and needed motor and fiberglass work. Definitely caters to mega yachts but will do any size boat. Cats tend to work with MultiTech from what we gathered. Can get most work done and allows do it yourself. Generally have to go with their list of outside contractors due to steep insurance requirements and approval process for non-vetted companies. Good communication leading up to getting hauled out. Very professional haul out. And they were flexible with us as we ran into significant delays. On the very expensive side (location, location, location!). We got towed in which was very helpful. Went out under our own power, but the new river is tricky. A lot of traffic, currents and narrow with some blind turns.

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Anchorage Review for Lake Sylvia

Reviewed by: Erin Wreski, Water Wings, on Jul 19, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

We stayed for well over a month due to a motor issue. Holding is very good in heavy mud. Dinghy dock at Coconuts (free), good bar access to waterfront. Also, at South Port Raw Bar ($10, will take off with order at bar) with access to Winn Dixie, Ross has a Amazon locker, or light walk to huge shopping center with Publix, Ace hardware, Wine and more. Laundry mat and UPS behind Winn Dixie. Relatively calm lake surround by huge homes. Red bouys don't really mean and can be mored ;) Current and wind makes weird swings make sure you are clear of all near boats. Busy on weekends with day trippers, quiet at night.

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