St. Johns River Hazards
I noticed when I was heading west on the St. John’s River from Blount Island the other day, going to help someone on a house boat up near the Navy base, that there were some big cans, 55 gallon drums, with eyebolts in the top of them, anchored in the river off of the construction area on the north side of the river, west of the Dames Point Bridge, and on up the river, on the west side right next to the port near the Crowley Co., right before the Mathews Bridge. The cans are painted white it seems but they are in the channel and have no lights or markings of any kind. During the day they are fairly easy to notice, if you are paying attention but at night a radar picks them up as small, very small objects right on the water if there is no chop and if you are paying close attention. Please beware of these mooring (appearantly) bouys for ships(?) is what they seem to be.
Sincerely,
Capt. Curtis