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2010 Jacksonville Maritime Classic The 2010 Jacksonville Maritime Classic will be held on Tuesday, October 26th at the Eagle Harbor Golf Club, 2217 Eagle Harbor Parkway, Fleming Island. Our sponsors will have priority for our foursomes as the field is limited to 100 players. Sponsor registration is now open. General foursome registration will open on September 17th. Please check out the JMC Golf Tournament link for Registration forms and Sponsorship opportunities. Official Start of 2010 Hurricane Season June 1st marked the official start of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville has officially set Port Hurricane Condition IV (Seasonal Alert) for the ports of Jacksonville, Fernandina Beach, and Port Canaveral.
All port interests are encouraged to make sure plans are up-to-date and ready for execution. Several important documents and links are available on the JMTX website as part of our Hurricane Info webpage. This includes the 2010 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Heavy Weather Plan. The full plan contains 166 pages of information and is recommended reading for our port interests. However, the JMTX recommends printing and keeping available throughout the season a copy of Chapter 3 of the plan that addresses Port Preparedness and Post Storm Actions. This 16 page extract includes the specific actions that must be completed by port interests during each change of Port Hurricane Conditions. JMTX also recommends having copies Annex F - Vessel Sortie Guidelines, Annex H - The remain in Port request forms and Annex N Post Storm Condition Reporting forms. Updated Hurricane Plan Available The 2010 update to the Coast Guard Heavy Weather Plan is now available on the web at both the Coast Guard's Homeport website and here on the JMTX Hurricane Info page and the site Library webpage.
We have extracted Chapter 3 of the plan as well as the Vessel Sortie Guidelines (Annex F), Remain in Port Request (Annex H) and the Post Storm Damage Survey Forms (Annex N) for those who just want that specific information. Dredge TEXAS moves Uptown June 15 Update: The remainder of the maintenance dredge in Mayport has been cancelled due to a piping failure from the discharge cell at Buck Island. This cancellation has allowed for the TEXAS to move ahead with its project schedule. GLDD plans to move the dredge TEXAS to the Terminal Channel area to complete the 40 ft channel depth project by the end of business today June 15, 2010. It is conceivable that the TEXAS could begin work in Terminal Channel as early as tomorrow. In that event, the TEXAS plans to initially set up 160 ft inside the green toe at the intersection of Long Branch Range and Terminal Channel. This will allow the TEXAS to swing to both sides of the channel without breaking it's pipeline for vessel traffic. We will revert to the notification process used last fall. The TEXAS will require a minimum of 45 minutes to move the dredge to accommodate any vessel traffic. Vessel Operators and Agents are requested to call the dredge TEXAS when they call for Pilots for departure. This two hour notice was very effective and efficient and resulted in zero or minimum delays. On another note, the hopper dredge LIBERTY ISLAND has about completed her work in the Terminal Channel area. She was successful in removing all or most of the material above the rock. In fact in some areas, she was able to get down to 40 ft. In the cable area near the junction of Terminal Channel and Long Branch Range, she was able to get down to 40 ft; on the green side she reached 41.5 ft. The dredge TEXAS will now come in and bring the entire area down to 40 ft plus 2 ft overdraft. The LIBERTY ISLAND has tentative plans to proceed to the Gulf by the end of the week to assist in building dikes to protect the shorelines of the Gulf coast states.
The Texas monitors VHF channels 16, 13, and works channel 01. Capt Mike Getchell
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