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| Whitley greets the locks on the Texas GIWW |
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| Lock office on GIWW |
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| ST MI 390, Texas |
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| Crab Bayou |
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| More damaged locks by the barges or tows |
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| Water Tower on Galveston Island west end, good tower to practice dead reckoning with chart |
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| Great fishing area, shallow, Crab Bayou |
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| In Port O'Connor, marina at the Sanctuary |
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| Whitley in Matagorda Harbor |
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| Seaweed |
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| Return of the Seaweed, Sargassum, on the Texas, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway |
Seaweed, Sargassum
Sargassum seaweed is an algae that grows in the Sargasso Sea and eventually drifts into the Gulf of Mexico, growing as it makes its journey. The currents return much of the seaweed to the Sargasso Sea, but some drifts into the nutrient-filled waters off the Texas Coast where it thrives.
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| Covered areas of West Mooring park |
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| West Mooring Park in Sargent, TX (needs maintenance) |
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| New home in Sargent on GIWW |
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| Bridge tender communicated with sailboats and barges unlike Galveston RR bridge refuse to answer us on 16 or 9. |
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| Pontoon Bridge near Caney Creek in Sargent |
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| Barge ran into the locks |
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| Reason to beware of barges when traveling the GIWW |
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| In honor of Mister B, who could not make the trip due to weak legs and blindness |
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| Sanctuary in Costa Grande in Port O'Connor |
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| Homes and private boat houses at the Sanctuary |
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| Ramp for residents at the Sanctuary |
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| No wake area |
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| Charlie's Fish Camp in Seadrift |
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| No movement in the waterway, two feet deep in one spot, trust the magenta line on the chart not the channel markers |
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| Clive Ranch, Welder Flats, shallow out of NOAA charted waterway |
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| Man-made erosion control |
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| New jetty by Aransas National Wildlife Area |
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| Epic Seaweed, reminder of first cruise down the coast. |
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| Seaweed, slowing our speed and heating up the engine. Threw into reverse a few times to remove it |
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| Windmill on GIWW |
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| Danger Breakwater on north bank of Texas Intracoastal Waterway |
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| Breakwaters by Crab Bayou, great fishing area |
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| Mad Island Wildlife Management Area |
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| Camper on the Texas Intracoastal Waterway near Mad Island and Dog Island |
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| newer Commercial mooring east of Matagorda Bay on South Bank |
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| Matagorda Bay west crossing to POC, fire on Matagorda peninsula |
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| St. Christopher's Marina in Port O'Connor (POC) |
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| Marina with 3 large sailboats by the GIWW in Port O'Connor |
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| Entering the Sanctuary at Costa Grande, private island for residents (Port O'Connor) |
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| Freeport front lighthouse along GIWW and Freeport Harbor Channel intersection with access to the Gulf |
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| Rockport Yacht Club |
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