Search results

Joyce and I will be launching on Monday March 3rd. at Ed. Stone park and proceeding to Hontoon Island. We ask everyone that launches there to park as far away from the ramp as possible. C-Dory channel is 72 please be on frequency when you arrive at the park. Most slips must be backed into so...

Report on Lake Beresrord Yacht Club. We stopped in at the Yacht Club yesterday and looked around. Beautiful clubhouse and dining room. We had dinner there with one of the members and the food and service was great 👍. The private ramp had a floating dock and should work well for C-Dorys. Most of...

News about Hontoon. First……starting tomorrow the park will be open from 8am to 6 pm every day of the week. The ferry will be running during those hours. Second…..the staff at the park is getting the water back on the dock closest to the ferry. The other dock has power and water. That can be...

Attention All It looks like we have another option for slips at near by Lake Beresford Yacht Club. They have 18 slips available at $30.00 per night with power, water, showers and other amenities. They will also offer truck and trailer parking for $10.00 a night. A boat ramp is located at the...

Four weeks to go for the Hontoon Gathering! I’m working on the schedule of events and will post it next week. Thanks for all that signed up on C-Brats. It gives us a good idea of what supplies we need to purchase. Now I’m going to ask everyone to sign up on Jotform. This will give us contact...

Looks like we have a fair number of first timers coming to Hontoon this year. Fantastic! After the gathering I will be doing a 10 day cruise on the St. John’s and various connecting rivers. If anyone wishes to join us for all or part you are welcome. I don’t know the exact itinerary. It all...

Thanks John for the update on the St. Lucie Lock. You had Joyce and I laughing in stitches! Funny how the lock tender makes it sound like THEY fixed a problem that was actually of THEIR making. Ken did a great job rectifying the situation. Glad to hear that you had no major problems locking...

Thanks Colby for posting those photos for me of Ed Stone Park. I’ve just been talking to Grant Wilson and he has agreed to inform us about his lithium battery conversion and what he has for solar. Exciting stuff. His presentation will be on Tuesday afternoon March 4th so he sure to get to...

Stoped over at Hontoon Island State Park this morning and talked with Adam the park specialist. At this time the ferry is only running on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 4 pm. By March they plan on running the ferry 7 days a week. All looks good for the gathering as far as daytime...

Grant Looking forward to seeing you at Hontoon. I’ll send you a PM with my phone number so we can discuss a time for you to discuss lithium conversion. Most everyone will boat camp a few will seek a nearby marina. Tom

Hi Mark Looking forward to getting together again. According to the park Ranger I talked to last week the water was working on both docks. It’s sad that they have not been able to get the park back to full service in over three years now. It sounds like the new manager is working diligently...

Hi Tad and Toby. Glad you’re going to join us at Hontoon Island. You’ll have to fill us in on the new tank. Our plans changed about the ICW and we joined James and Betty on the Molly Brown on the suwanee River for about a week. Great time as they were just finished the last 400 miles of their...

For anyone who needs a marina these are the marinas in order of closeness to the park. Hontoon Landing Resort Marina. 883-372-3966 Www.hontoon.com Holly Bluff Marina. 386-8222-992 Www.hollybluff.com St.Johns Marina. 352-589-8370 Www.stjohnsmarinaresort.com As Bob pointed out there are great...

Hontoon Island is officially open again. Never any doubt in my mind that this would open before our annual C-Brat gathering this March. They are only officially running the ferry on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at this time. The good news is that we will virtually have the park to ourselves for...

Hontoon is still closed at this time. The Ranger I talked to yesterday said they would be opening any day now and I should call back next week. The gathering will be happening as scheduled. More information will be provided after my Christmas- New Years cruise. Merry Christmas Tom on...

It looks like most but not all of the boat ramps are open on the St. John’s river. I’ll have more information after the first of the year. I normally cruise the St. John’s over Christmas but instead plan on cruising from Jacksonville to the St. Lucie river and back. Anyone interested in joining...

Don You and your wife are welcome to join us at the gathering. Just for your information the park is only accessible by private boat or park ferry. They used to run it 7 days a week but recently only a few days a week. Don’t know how things will be in March. If you look at last year’s link it...

Definitely more than one way to do this. I run 3 type 27 duel purpose AGMs on the C-Otter. While they can be split to a start battery and 2 house I generally run them as one big 270 amp hour group. I have a Engel freezer and the stock fridge that came on the boat. Running fans, lights and...

Yes 👍 We are going to be back at Hontoon in 2025 Here’s the news from Hontoon today. I’ve contacted the NEW park manager this morning. His name is Dustin Allen. He says the water is receding and conditions are improving. The park should be back to the same conditions in March as last year so...

Here’s the news from Hontoon today. I’ve contacted the NEW park manager this morning. His name is Dustin Allen. He says the water is receding and conditions are improving. The park should be back to the same conditions in March as last year so we will plan on March 4,5,6 2025. They were...