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From: Imre Lendvay (no email)
Date: Thu Aug 04 2005 - 13:05:52 EDT
$7.00 per foot. Is that per month?
--- Rob Plympton <> wrote:
> In Jacksonville, there is Seafarer's Marina where I
> have been for about 5 years. There are slips
> available and like GCS is not fancy. There is a
> shower/Restroom/laundramat. There is no haulout
> available but there are places nearby. It is almost
> rebuilt now after last years hurricanes. One of the
> cheapest places around at $7 per foot and small
> electric fee. It is convenient to downtown by the
> St. Johns or the ICW and ocean. Email me if you need
> more details.
>
> freshairfiend <> wrote:
> GCS marina is reputed to have a *long* waiting list,
> as more and more
> Jacksonville-area marinas are turned into condo
> projects, but some
> people have gotten in simply by showing up. It is
> cheap for Florida,
> has good people working there, and the two main
> piers are very tall
> and industrial strength; cars and trucks are safe on
> them, and there
> are ladders to climb down to your boat. Two options
> are to tie
> alongside the big piers at ladder locations, or to
> get a more
> conventional slip along the shore at small wooden
> finger piers. It is
> quite exposed to NE winds, well protected otherwise.
>
> Tidal range at GCS is very small. There is very
> little current on the
> river south of Ortega, but at the river mouth you
> can see 3-4 knots.
> You're not on the main hurricane tracks, which are
> south of there, but
> you can get nailed pretty good if you're unlucky. By
> the time a
> hurricane reaches GCS, 21 miles inland, it has
> *generally* been
> downgraded to a tropical storm. Tornados are not
> uncommon through this
> area.
>
> This marina is *not* a garden spot. View is of
> rusting hulks on the
> still-active commercial docks, shoreside tanks,
> scrap yards, and scads
> of on-shore storage of boats and cars.
>
> You'll probably need a car there, as it is ~2 1/2
> miles to town and to
> the grocers, and nothing much to do at the marina
> except gossip and
> work on your boat. It is maybe 48-50 statute miles
> upriver from the
> Atlantic Ocean. The St. Johns River is itself a nice
> cruising ground,
> though, and there is a cruising guide available.
>
> Green Cove Springs is a smallish town, with a
> library, car
> dealerships, fast food, a movie house, grocery
> stores, some government
> buildings, etc. Some nice parts of town, some not so
> nice, but there's
> not many "cultural" options short of a trip to "Jax"
> or "St. Augie."
> Racism is quite prevalent in the area. There's a
> nice waterfront park
> on Walnut St. Employment in the area is mostly
> low-paid and thin on
> the ground. There does seem to be work for welders
> and others in
> related trades. Most better-off area residents work
> in Jacksonville.
>
> For property, anything waterfront in Florida will
> set you back a big
> stack of bills. Non-waterfront in this area is
> cheaper than in the
> better known parts of Florida, as this is at the
> northern end of the
> "trailer park empire" poverty pocket that
> constitutes much of inland
> central Florida. There is a lot of new housing going
> in east of the
> St. Johns River, closer to St. Augustine, in
> smarmily named places
> such as "World Golf Village." St. Augie is fun,
> about 25 miles away
> with an interesting downtown, fort, nightlife,
> beaches, and college.
>
> Keep in mind that there is a good reason most
> development in Florida
> has been on the coasts. Bugs are thick through here,
> and summer nights
> are hot and sticky.
>
> If you can get under a 45' bridge, you can also look
> into Palatka, and
> a large number of low-cost rural marinas south of
> there; or go further
> south to Sanford, which has a nice modern marina
> close to downtown and
> good shopping.
>
> Good luck!
>
> John Dalziel
>
> --- In , Richard
> Bradshaw
> <rbradsh2 at s dot dot dot > wrote:
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> >
> > Anyone familiar with the Green Cove Springs Marina
> on the St Johns
> > River near Jacksonville, FL.? What can you tell me
> about the marina
> > and the area including how far it is to the ocean?
> I understand it is
> > a working yard but is _quite_ far inland with bow
> to stern mooring on
> > and old navy finger pier. Tidal range? River
> current? Proximity to
> > shopping facilities? Pros and cons about
> mooring/living/working there
> > and in the area? Landside property values and
> development? Weather
> > concerns (hurricanes/tornadoes)? Have I missed
> anything?
> >
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> Rob Plympton
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