Category: boat safety

Paddle with the current — BOTH WAYS — with Club Scrub

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Club Scrub’s Endless Summer River Paddle & Rocking Jupiter Sandbar Party is planned for Saturday, Sept. 16.

The Guided Paddle Adventure is  from Jonathan Dickinson State Park down the NW Fork of the Loxahatchee River to the Club Scrub  Jupiter Sandbar Party (about 5-miles).

Paddle down the Loxahatchee River to our Floating Refreshment Stops, relax then paddle the rest of the way to the Rocking Jupiter Sandbar Party.

They paddle both ways with current.

Launch is about 10 a.m. at JD Park’s River Area Swim Beach.

Organizers ask you arrive by 9:30 a.m.

Live music, food and music are planned.

Click here for to register or for more information.

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Love Street in Jupiter: Sept. 7 is the final vote

Wearing red shirts, opponents have attended town council meetings and said the plan will bring too much traffic and pollution to Jupiter’s Inlet Village.

Finally — after three years of revisions, lawsuits and public hearings — the Love Street plan to build an outdoor marketplace on the Jupiter Inlet is scheduled for a final vote before the town council Thursday, Sept. 7.

See full story in The Palm Beach Post.

Love Street developer Charles Modica says the outdoor marketplace will bring recreation, jobs and tax revenue to Jupiter.

 

Steady rain in Jupiter, expect more this weekend

Expect more rain this afternoon in Jupiter and throughout Palm Beach County (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)

Steady rains here over the Jupiter Inlet on Friday afternoon, more rain in Palm Beach County expected for the weekend.

Read Kim Miller’s latest weather update

Hurricane Harvey could send South Florida gas prices soaring

National Weather Service on Hurricane Harvey

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Bon Jovi fans can help out Perry J. Cohen Foundation

The Perry J. Cohen Foundation is auctioning off an acoustic guitar autographed by rock n’ roller Jon Bon Jovi.

The foundation was established in Perry’s name to promote the arts, environmental and marine preservation, teenage entrepreneurship and boating safety.

The Perry J. Cohen Wetlands Laboratory will include native plants, educational information and a boardwalk to provide hands-on training for Jupiter Community High School Environmental Research & Field Studies Academy students. Other students will also have access to the area.

Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos left the Jupiter Inlet on July 24, 2015. They never returned.

 

 

 

Video: The new walkway under US 1 at Jupiter’s Burt Reynolds Park

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This lighted walkway allows boaters and their passengers to walk underneath U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter. Before, they had to tote their coolers and equipment across busy U.S. 1, which was often dangerous. (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)

Here’s good news for boaters in north County: Burt Reynolds Park West is open with a lighted underpass for pedestrians to walk under U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of the park.

Click on this link for a view of the new walkway under U.S. 1:

https://vimeo.com/229650439

No changes to the public boat ramps have been made for the park on the west side of U.S. 1 north of Indiantown Road.

Total cost for the the project, funded with county and state dollars, was about $1.1 million.

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The public boat ramps are usually busy at Burt Reynolds Park West in Jupiter (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)

Good news for boaters – More parking at Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter

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This lighted walkway allows boaters and their passengers to walk underneath U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of Burt Reynolds Park in Jupiter. Before, they had to tote their coolers and equipment across busy U.S. 1, which was often dangerous. (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)

Here’s good news for boaters in north County: Burt Reynolds Park West is open with about two dozen more parking spaces for boat trailers

Also finished is a lighted underpass for pedestrians to walk under U.S. 1 to get to and from the east and west sides of the park.

No changes to the public boat ramps have been made for the park on the west side of U.S. 1 north of Indiantown Road.

Total cost for the the project, funded with county and state dollars, was about $1.1 million.

More boat trailer parking is expected to stop boaters from parking their trailers like this along U.S. 1 at Burt Reynolds Park West  in Jupiter (Photo/Bill DiPaolo)

 

 

Research paper published by Loggerhead sea turtle experts:Read it here

Dusty, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, was released by Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach on July 18. Dusty was found floating offshore in St. Lucie County in February. Initial bloodwork showed anemia, hypoglycemia, and overall poor health due to starvation. Hospital staff administered fluids, parenteral nutrition and antibiotics, and placed the turtle in freshwater to remove barnacles and leeches that covered most of the body. Dusty was named after Dusty Baker, manager of the Washington Nationals, which holds spring training at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. (Bruce R. Bennett / The Palm Beach Post)

Researchers biologists from the Research Laboratory at Loggerhead Marinelife Center recently published a scientific study  — and you can read it online.

The peer-reviewed paper is published in the Science of the Total Environment journal and can be accessed over the next 50 days for free.

For more information visit authors.elsevier.com.

For more information on LMC’s research projects, visit marinelife.org/research.

The paper discusses how contaminants such as mercury and natural toxins from red tide algal blooms affect sea turtles’ health.

LMC’s research biologists and colleagues from other laboratories collected blood samples and examined otherwise healthy turtles to see if they showed signs of fibropapillomatosis (FP), a tumor disease that affects green sea turtles.

Then, they examined health parameters in plasma, and found that brevetoxins from red tide potentially contributed to inflammation, increased tumor growth and decreased body condition in Kemp’s ridleys and greens.

“These contaminants can potentially impact disease development and negatively impact the immune function and survival of these endangered marine turtles,” said LMC’s Dr. Justin Perrault. “We hope to continue learning about how these toxins affect sea turtles in an effort to better understand treatment options for animals that strand as a result of red tide.”

This is the first study to reveal that brevetoxin exposure may promote FP tumor growth in green sea turtles, according to LMC.

For more information about LMC, visit www.marinelife.org or call (561) 627-8280.

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This sea turtle was recently healed and released at LMC

 

 

Flowers, friends and family mark 2 years since “the boys” left Jupiter

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About 200 people met under a fiery sunset Monday at the Jupiter Inlet to mark two years that “the boys” vanished into the Atlantic Ocean.

The memorial comes two years to the day Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos motored out of the often-unforgiving Jupiter Inlet in a 19-foot-boat on a Friday afternoon and into a powerful offshore storm.

See the full story in The Palm Beach Post.

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Perry Cohen’s mom: “We are not alone”

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Pamela and Perry Cohen

From Perry Cohen’s mother Pamela, posted today on the Perry Cohen Foundation facebook page on the night marking the second year of her son going missing from the Jupiter Inlet:

Tonight our family and close friends will sit on the beach where Perry grew up very close to the inlet where he and Austin departed on their last journey and watch others as we did last year honor both boys lives.

Still after two years there is not a night in which I fall a sleep and close my eyes and dream of having my beloved son Perry and his dear friend Austin home with us all. Tonight we thank the outpouring of support from the community, public servants, countless volunteers, private pilots, boaters and searchers local and from around the country and abroad who through their deeds remind us all that we are not alone .

For the Palm Beach community, I continue to hold a special debt of gratitude.  For the Tequesta Police and Fire Departments, Jupiter Police Department, Palm Beach Sheriff thank you for all your support and always being there. To the Florida Department of Law Enforcement we thank you for your pursuit of the truth and answers to the disappearance of our beloved son Perry and his dear friend Austin.

To all of you who are honoring Perry’s legacy  please know that words cannot express the depth of our families gratitude.  Your continued love, support and generosity gives us strength..  To our dear friends, neighbors, community, business colleagues, and family members who have stood by us from the beginning, we are forever grateful for your compassion, grace and love you have provided us.

~ Pamela Cohen, Perry’s mom forever

Read Pamela Cohen’s letter marking one year after her son’s disappearance.

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Perry Cohen

 

Vigil planned tonight at Jupiter Inlet for Austin and Perry

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A candlelight vigil is planned tonight, July 24, at the Jupiter Inlet to mark two years since the disappearance of Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen.

Remembrances are also planned in Boynton Beach, Juno Beach, Lake Worth and Singer Island. (See details below).

The Jupiter Inlet event sponsored by Light The Coast For Austin and Perry is planned to start at about 7 p.m. Organizers plan to hand out lanterns and glow sticks.

A memorial at the Jupiter Inlet was also held last year.

The lanterns are scheduled to be released about 8:30 p.m.

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The events at are free and open to the public.

The event is part of nationwide effort along the east coast to remember the two 14-year-old boys. They were last seen leaving the Jupiter Inlet on July 24, 2015.

They never returned.

Light The Coast For Austin and Perry is teaming up with the Stand Up Foundation, Glo’n Crazy, Sky King, Simply Surreal Photography and Home Depot for the event.

Vigils are planned tonight at various beach, park and inlet sights along the east coast to release sky lanterns at 8:30 p.m.

Other Palm Beach County locations:

BOYNTON BEACH, FL – Boynton Beach Ocean Front Park

JUNO BEACH, FL – Juno Fishing Pier – 14775 U.S. Highway 1, Juno Beach

LAKE WORTH, FL – Lake Worth Pier – Entrance: A1A and Lake Ave- Meet in front of Bennys on the Beach at 8 p.m. EST.

SINGER ISLAND, Fl – “Pump station” at the south end by the Palm beach inlet, Singer Island side.

Other Florida and nationwide locations:

ATLANTA, GA- LAKE LANIER- 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway Buford, GA 30518 NOTE: You might need to use the street address, 7000 Holiday Rd.

AUBURNDALE, FL – LAKE STELLA- 108 Lake Stella Drive, Auburndale, FL

BAREFOOT BAY PRIVATE BEACH – All residents and their guests please – south of the Sebastian Inlet on A1A

BERMUDA – Fairmont Southampton beach. It’s right next to Horseshoe Bay Beach.

BLAIRSVILLE, GA- Lake Notley

CAPTIVA, FL – Meet ocean front of Tween Waters Resort – 15951 Captiva Dr, Captiva, Jupitter, FL- Jupiter Inlet – Jupiter Road all the way down make a left (ocean trail way) – by the memorial.

CAPE CORAL, FL – Cape Coral Pkwy bridge – West side of the bridge

CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD – Bohemia Bay Yacht Harbor – 1026 Town Point Rd, Chesapeake City, MD

COCOA BEACH, FL – Cocoa Beach Pier- 401 Meade Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

COLUMBUS, TX- Beasons Park Hwy 90 Columbus, TX- – Meet at the front of the park.

DANIA BEACH, FL – Dania Beach Pier 300 N. Beach Rd, Dania – Meet in from of the pier 8 p.m. EST, you will then walk onto the beach.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL- 70 Boardwalk, Daytona Beach – We will be meeting at 8 p.m. EST in front of the bandshell.

DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL – Dauphin Island Pier-1509 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, AL

EDMONTON ALBERTA, CANADA – High Level Bride over the north Saskatchewan.

EMERALD ISLE, NC – Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier – 100 Bogue Inlet Dr., Emerald Isle, NC

FRYING PAN TOWER- 34 miles from the coast of NC in the ocean – For more information on how to get to the tower, please call: 910-336-8405.

ENGLEWOOD, FL – 8570 Manasota Key Rd, Englewood, FL (intersection of Manasota Beach Rd. and Manasota Key Rd., This is the north most section of the beach.)

FLAGER BEACH, FL- Flagler Beach pier

FOLLY BEACH, SC – Folly Beach Fishing Pier – 101 E. Arctice Ave, Folly Beach, SC

FORT PIERCE, FL – Fort Pierce Inlet otherwise known as the Jetty Inlet.

FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA- The Sand Bar – sandbarbahamas.com

GARDEN CITY BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA – We will be meeting at 8 p.m. EST. Meet on the south side of Garden City Pier.

HAMPTOM BAY, NY PONQUOGUE BEACH- 280 Dune Rd, Hampton Bays, NY

HUDSON, FL- Hudson Marina

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH- Meeting at 8 p.m. directly across from Slyce Pizza 311 Gulf Blvd. on the beach side.

ISLAMORADA, THE KEYS, FL – Harbor Lights Inn – 84951 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL in the Florida Keys, mile marker 84 Ocean Side. Meeting at 8 p.m.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL – Lifeguard Headquarters -2 Ocean Front N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

JENSEN BEACH, FL – Meet at Jensen Beach Blvd and A1A.

 

LAKE ZURICH, IL – Pormadale Walk / Bills Boats Bait & Marina – 216 W. Main St, Lake Zurich, IL- Meeting at 8 p.m. EST.

LITTLE ROCK, AR- 2 Rivers Park Bridge – We will be meeting at 7 p.m. CENTRAL TIME, and we will be joining the rest of the world at 7:30 p.m. CENTRAL TIME.

MANASQUAN , NJ – Manasquan Inlet at the end of the rocks.

MARATHON KEY, FL – Conch Key Fishing Pier – 62968 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050

MELBOURNE, FL Eau Gallie causeway in Melbourne

MIAMI, FL- Hobie Island Beach Park

NASSAU BAHAMAS At East End Point

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL – Sapphire Beach (North Beach Community) is also called Grayce K Barck North Beach Park.

OAK ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA – We will be meeting at 8 p.m. EST at NE 70th street.

ORLANDO, FL LAKE EOLA DOWNTOWN- Relax Grill at 211 Eola Pkway, Orlando, FL

ORMOND BEACH, FL – 1800 Oceanshore Blvd – Ormond By the Sea – Rivocean approach

PIERMONT, NY- PIERMONT PIER- We will meet at the end of Ferry Street.

PINE, CO – Elks Falls – 12102 S. Elk Creek Rd. Pine, CO. At the bottom of the falls at the large pool. We will be meeting at 8 p.m. MDT, and we will be joining the rest of the world and lighting it up at 8:30 p.m. MDT.

POMPANO BEACH- Pompano Beach Pier – 222 Pompano Beach Blvd. Meeting at 8 p.m. on the sand, south side of the pier next to the first lifeguard post.

PONCE INLET, FL – WINTER HAVEN PARK – 4589 S Atlantic Ave – Ponce Inlet

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL – Spring Lake Park- 3520 Lakeview Blvd, Port Charlotte, FL

SATELLITE BEACH – Pelican Beach Park – 1525 Highway A1A Satellite Beach, FL 32937

SIESTA KEY – Public beach

STUART LOCATION – Roosevelt Bridge on US1

SWANSBORO, NC – Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier – 100 Bogue Inlet Dr., Emerald Isle, NC

TOPSAIL BEACH, NC – Topsail Beach at The Jolly Roger Fishing Pier is located near the center of town at 803 Ocean Blvd.

VERO BEACH, FL boardwalk just off of A1A

WEST NORRITON, PA – Oakland Burnside Field on Oakland Dr. Meeting in the playground next to parking lot.

WHEELWRIGHT, KY – 21228 KY Route 122 Bypro KY 41612 right next to the bridge.