Just received this email.....

[Capt. Rusty Higgins]

Good to hear from you Mike!!

Rusty

 

[Steve S]

Our marina remains open BUT it is located in a Illinois State Park and all the Illinois State Parks have been closed. Things like the hiking trails and beaches are closed but Skipper Buds and the Marina is planning on open as normal on April 1st.

 

[RBB]

Actually referring to diesel on the Ohio river. Looking at a 44 DB, so won't be towing home.
Rob

I was at HP today no talk of closing down. Feel pretty certain you will be able to fuel there.

 

[Blueone]

I have a boat under contract in Ohio, which has essentially been shut down, so not sure of when I will be able to complete the deal or if there will be fuel along the way home. I am here in WV where the only case is in the Eastern panhandle near DC, so really nothing yet in the main part of WV. Our governor is shutting everything down here as well, so left to be seen how things progress into the season.
Rob

You could always hire a truck to deliver fuel

 

[Carpediem44DB]

I just got word today that the classes I teach at a 6000 square foot hangar with 40 students got shut down due to a stay at home order placed by the county. May last for the rest of the school year. No change to my pay schedule. Silver Linings.... Headed to the boat to Quarantine with a whole lot of Quarantinis! If you can't beat em, Join em I guess.
Carpe Diem

 

[RBB]

I just got word today that the classes I teach at a 6000 square foot hangar with 40 students got shut down due to a stay at home order placed by the county. May last for the rest of the school year. No change to my pay schedule. Silver Linings.... Headed to the boat to Quarantine with a whole lot of Quarantinis! If you can't beat em, Join em I guess.
Carpe Diem

Enjoy sir, best u can.

 

[Gimme Time]

Were in Key West and typically stay till The end of March before heading North back to the Chesapeake Bay Area.

Just read, Officials tell Florida Keys to close hotels, vacation rentals on Sunday
Decision will be in place for 14 days

Nick Jones, Digital producer
Published: March 19, 2020, 7:32 pm
Tags: Coronavirus, Florida, Monroe County

People line the pier in Key Largo, Fla., to watch the last sunset of the year, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Officials in Monroe County on Thursday announced plans to close lodging businesses in the Florida Keys on Sunday, citing the increased threat and concerns of COVID-19.

According to a news release, it would affect hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Hotels were directed on Thursday to stop taking reservations and that visitors must leave by Sunday evening. The ban applies to all leisure visitors and non-essential personnel not working in the Florida Keys.

The county will keep its county-owned parks and beaches open. As of 5 p.m. Thursday, there were no confirmed coronavirus cases in Monroe County.

We shall probably see in the next day or so how this affects all the boating snowbirds, transients, & Loopers. Lots of municipal marinas & fuel docks are shut down as well. Unlike RVers we don’t get miles per gallon as it’s gallons per mile !

Stay tuned for interesting North Bound adventures maybe!

 

[Blueone]

Were in Key West and typically stay till The end of March before heading North back to the Chesapeake Bay Area.

Just read, Officials tell Florida Keys to close hotels, vacation rentals on Sunday
Decision will be in place for 14 days

Nick Jones, Digital producer
Published: March 19, 2020, 7:32 pm
Tags: Coronavirus, Florida, Monroe County

People line the pier in Key Largo, Fla., to watch the last sunset of the year, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Officials in Monroe County on Thursday announced plans to close lodging businesses in the Florida Keys on Sunday, citing the increased threat and concerns of COVID-19.

According to a news release, it would affect hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Hotels were directed on Thursday to stop taking reservations and that visitors must leave by Sunday evening. The ban applies to all leisure visitors and non-essential personnel not working in the Florida Keys.

The county will keep its county-owned parks and beaches open. As of 5 p.m. Thursday, there were no confirmed coronavirus cases in Monroe County.

We shall probably see in the next day or so how this affects all the boating snowbirds, transients, & Loopers. Lots of municipal marinas & fuel docks are shut down as well. Unlike RVers we don’t get miles per gallon as it’s gallons per mile !

Stay tuned for interesting North Bound adventures maybe!

Wow....that will be devastating to the Keys.... not good

 

[Golfman25]

Were in Key West and typically stay till The end of March before heading North back to the Chesapeake Bay Area.

Just read, Officials tell Florida Keys to close hotels, vacation rentals on Sunday
Decision will be in place for 14 days

Nick Jones, Digital producer
Published: March 19, 2020, 7:32 pm
Tags: Coronavirus, Florida, Monroe County

People line the pier in Key Largo, Fla., to watch the last sunset of the year, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Officials in Monroe County on Thursday announced plans to close lodging businesses in the Florida Keys on Sunday, citing the increased threat and concerns of COVID-19.

According to a news release, it would affect hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Hotels were directed on Thursday to stop taking reservations and that visitors must leave by Sunday evening. The ban applies to all leisure visitors and non-essential personnel not working in the Florida Keys.

The county will keep its county-owned parks and beaches open. As of 5 p.m. Thursday, there were no confirmed coronavirus cases in Monroe County.

We shall probably see in the next day or so how this affects all the boating snowbirds, transients, & Loopers. Lots of municipal marinas & fuel docks are shut down as well. Unlike RVers we don’t get miles per gallon as it’s gallons per mile !

Stay tuned for interesting North Bound adventures maybe!

That was going to be my quarantine place. Take the old boat down and anchor in a cove somewhere and ride out the storm.

 

[mnm99]

Kind of a mixed breed here is Southern Western Shore Maryland. Spoke to one marina owner at hardware store Sunday and he said they were wide open getting boats ready and in the water. Where as spoke to the service manager of a different marina 30 minutes away he stated they have received requests from about 1/3 of there customers not to prep their boats as they are unsure if they will be able partake in boating this season due to financial and travel restrictions. Guess just depends on the clients that they serve and support. The later marina serves mostly larger boats - 28 ft to 70 ft + and are 95% pleasure, a lot of out of town owners. The first marina serves smaller boats - 16 to 28 but also some 28+, and are a mix of pleasure and work vessels. Mostly local customers.

I'm fortunate to work for a telecommunications company. I am needed in my field and my wife is a teacher. Boat will be going in. Just called my hauler and said I hope he's allowed to haul on April 18th. This whole thing really sucks, but we'll all get through it.

 

[M Prod]

Just posted this in the virus thread:

New York is at 7200 cases this morning. The tally was at 2000 Wednesday night.

Italy is reporting 6000 new cases since yesterday with 650 new deaths ...since yesterday. Despite being on full lockdown. They are approaching 50,000 cases now.

This thing is not slowing down people. It's about to get real, real ugly this side of the pond.

Excuse me while I go throw up.

 

[Golfman25]

Just posted this in the virus thread:

New York is at 7200 cases this morning. The tally was at 2000 Wednesday night.

Italy is reporting 6000 new cases since yesterday with 650 new deaths ...since yesterday. Despite being on full lockdown. They are approaching 50,000 cases now.

This thing is not slowing down people. It's about to get real, real ugly this side of the pond.

Excuse me while I go throw up.

The US is seeing a several day backup of test as automated equipment comes on line. Many of these "new" infections are actually several days old.

 

[bobeast]

The US is seeing a several day backup of test as automated equipment comes on line. Many of these "new" infections are actually several days old.

Yeah. the stats we keep hearing are largely meaningless, as we don't know what we don't know. Number of confirmed cases may have little to do with actual cases and at this point, even cases where individuals have already had it and recovered. I try to keep this in mind whenever people start bandying about death rates.