Andy Allen retired from the recorded music business in 2009. He grew up in St. Louis Mo. and began a career in music marketing by joining KSHE as a DJ in 1974. After managing a local record store in the St. Louis area, Andy was hired by RCA to do sales and promotion which led to a move to New York in 1984. Several years later, Andy joined Island Records, where he rose to General Manager. In 1993, ADA (Alternative Distribution Alliance) was started by the Warner Music Group to distribute Independent music. Andy joined as President and rose to Chairman after establishing ADA as the largest distributor of Indie music in the world. Andy has two adult children and lives on Merritt Island Fl. when not cruising on the 37ft trawler, Seadee.
The US Army Corps of Engineers has heeded input from the cruising and Florida business communities. The planned closure of the Okeechobee Waterway’s Moore Haven Lock (thereby closing the entire Okeechobee Waterway) has been delayed until May 14! This past fall, there was an uproar, both within the cruising community, and in the Florida business [...]
To submit photos to the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net, please attach your image as a JPG file to an e-mail, and send to CruisingWriter@CruisersNet.net 2011 Weekly Winners A Happy Boat Jacksonville Blues Staniel Cay Sunset Christmas Eve Sunrise on St. Lucie River Belhaven Sunrise at the Docks Thanksgiving, 2011 Feast at St. Marys Foggy Morning [...]
It being Presidents Holiday, I was unable to get dates for the shad gill net season from the SCDNR, but I will add the dates ASAP. In the meantime, watch for these local fishermen and, as usual, give their small boats a very slow, no wake pass! As a kid, I helped my Dad and [...]
The surprise of the annual FLIR/Raymarine Miami Show dinner-and-demo cruise was the introduction of a higher-end M-Series camera with two-axis gyro stabilization and other enhancements. You can download the M-618CS brochure here, and also see a video illustrating how well it corrects the camera for pitch and yaw (but not roll). I saw it action on the otherwise calm-water cruise thanks to a clever motion-simulating mount FLIR engineers came up, and the stabilization seemed quite effective. The M-618CS — along with its sibling, the Raymarine T470SC — also has a color low-light camera with 10x optical zoom. Plus its 640×480 resolution thermal sensor has a 18°x14° field of view that differs from existing M-Series models, and is purportedly able to detect a person overboard at 4,000 feet. Though even the online discounter prices are north of $33,000, I’m pretty sure that the M-618CS is the least expensive stabilized thermal camera ever…
Bahia Mar Yachting Center is located along the Waterway’s eastern banks, south of Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Boulevard bridge. Heads-up on security here. Arrived a few days early to attend Trawlerfest Feb. 2-4 2012. Tied up on H dock north marina. Very gusty winds that day/night, 25-30kts N-NE. Middle of the night woke up to [...]
A simple exhaust fan can do a LOT to keep the galley cool, by removing cooking heat and steam. Here’s one that you can install in seconds — no holes in the boat and low power draw!
There’s NEVER a dull moment at this SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISERS’ NET SPONSOR! I hope you all enjoyed your Valentines Day, the weather certainly Co-operated with us. Thus far it has been a beautiful week. This weekend rain is expected Saturday evening and 70% chance of rain on Sunday. Seas are expected to 3 to 4 [...]
After hurricane Irene, the entrance to Sumner Point marina Rum Cay Bahamas, has shoaled in on the starboard side and is rather narrow but deep. One needs to enter through the posts. We are a catamaran with 14 ft beam and had no problem. A sailboat with 6 ft draft entered after us on a [...]
Those of you who have been following the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net’s Western Florida sections for some time are probably tired of hearing me say it, but it’s worth one more repetition. If you get six veteran cruisers together, who have already crossed the Big Bend on several occasions, you will get at least eight [...]
Marker #3A, from which the shoaling reported below (cherry picked from the Local Notice to Mariners) extends into the Charlotte Harbor/Peace River channel, lies just north of the Punta Gorda waterfront, and a short hop northwest of the marked entry passage to Fishermens Village Marina. While most of us can cruise through 7-foot soundings without [...]
Buttermilk Sound connects the Altamaha and South Altamaha Rivers south of where the Waterway crosses Altamaha Sound. As you will see in our Chartview, there are already a number of Navigation Alerts due to shoaling through the area. The range markers Roger mentions begin at Mile 660 and take you very close to the missing [...]
