3-15-2014: Anchored out in the beautiful, clear blue water by Manjack Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Sugar Bay Anchorage on the Tennessee River, Mile 35.7

Slept in and after tea and coffee we were on our way by 09:00.  It was another sunny day and it was very calm in our little cove but when we got out to the river the wind picked up again.  We only went about 28 miles today so we reached our anchorage in Sugar Bay by 12:45. 

Our plans have changed and we have to stop at Green Turtle Bay tomorrow for a boat part.  Hopefully we will be on our way again by noon.  Therefore, we have chosen a different anchorage for tomorrow.  I guess what we missed this time around we can do on our return trip.  Boats!  There is always something, but they are so much fun.

We had planned on staying at the new Clarksville Marina that was suppose to have opened on Memorial Day weekend, or so I was told.  I called again to make reservations and the gentleman said they were not opened yet as they ran into problems and he did not know when they would open.  I called around and we have a few more options.

We took the dinghy out this afternoon and it was a beautiful ride.  We anchored out by the boat ramp and there is a real nice park there as well; it is part of the "Land Between the Lakes".  When we got back Keith went in for a swim and tried out our new swim platform ladder and it works great. 

CO's comments:  Water temperature was 78 degrees.  The charts did not show an anchorage by the boat ramp but we had plenty of depth and protection from winds in all direction.  The anchorages shown on the north side were full of "Fish Attractors" and they were more susceptible to wind.

N36 51.466
W88 07.682


We turned right at the northern most green buoy (Mile 35.7) into Sugar Cove.  After a short distance we headed towards the right side of the bay and followed it up to our cove on the right very close to the paved boat ramp.


The tow, Jack Walker.  At this moment we were on a collision course in 4 minutes and 29 seconds.


June 6, 2012; another beautiful sunset.

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