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SEMINARS
Exploring Florida's Big Bend Coast
| Date: |
Dec 4, 2009 |
| Time: |
2:15 PM |
| Location: |
Tent B |
| Details: |
This a multi-media program, with about 40 slides, explores about 300 miles of Florida's Gulf Coast - and the only part of the US coast between South Padre Island TX, and Norfolk, VA that has no ICW. Florida's Big Bend, or at least parts of this Gulf Coastal region, have been known as, 'the Nature Coast,' 'the Forgotten Coast,' 'the Hidden Coast,' 'Old Florida,' and 'Real Florida.' Considerations cruising Florida's Big Bend include unusual tidal fluctuations, shallow oyster bars, and an uncomfortably short wave interval. If your vessel is able to negotiate rivers, it may be possible to travel about 80 miles up the Suwannee River, and about 250 miles up the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers as far as Columbus, GA. |
| Speaker: |
Rick Rhodes |
| Bio |
Captain Rick Rhodes has twice sailed to, and cruised in, Central America. He has also cruised the Chesapeake Bay area, and river-cruised aboard his pocket trawler from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the entire Ohio River and all its navigable tributaries. He has written eight books, and seven of those are boating guides. From 1985 to 2004, he's lived aboard a sailboat, a powerboat, and then a small trawler. He has been a part-time instructor with the Annapolis Sailing School (1988-1993), as well full-time instructor with the Army (1978-79). Rick also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South America, and worked on the NAFTA for the Federal government. |
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