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Key West Harbor Area

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This is the Olde Towne area of Key West - right at Duval Street and Mallory Square - where all the "action" is. The Seaport area is the Key West Bight basin on the east side of Olde Towne. Marina slips are expensive and hard to come by during the height of tourist season in the winter, spring break in March, and Fantasy Fest in October. Make reservations way in advance. Plan on paying from $2-$4/ft or more (2003). The anchorage is closeby, just off the NW. Dinghy docks are located at Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West Bight. This area is known as the Key West Seaport area. There is a large pay parking lot streetside of the Seaport. Cruise ships dock at the Municipal Wharf and and the Hilton Docks. Remember to give them a wide berth because of security reasons (you can be fired upon and sunk for getting too close for comfort). The same applies to the military ships if not more so. The restaurants, bars, t-shirt shops and general tourist attractions are just too numerous to mention here, but this gets you started.

Key West Mooring Field: In the Seaplane Basin on the North Side of Key West. This is east of Fleming Island and not particularly convenient for transients visiting olde towne Key West. For that you should just anchor out between the 2 islands off the Hilton, Hyatt and Key West Seaport. Mooring prices in May 2002 are $120 month ($4 day) for permanent residents and $12 day for transients. This includes parking and a dinghy dock at the Barracuda pier. Rates will increase once the restrooms and showers on the pier are completed. No anchoring is permitted in the mooring field and every boat must have a holding tank. Key West provides a mobile pumpout service. The 81 mooring buoys are so close together than they can accommodate boats only 40' in length. An additional 68 moorings are planned for July 2002 and these should be able to accommodate bigger boats. The anchorages - outside of the mooring fields - are all very rolly. They're exposed anchorages and subject to a lot of wake.

Key West Water Taxi - (March 2003) - Liveaboards Arno & Naja Girard run a bright yellow water taxi called "MAGIC PENNY" (a restored navy longboat). $5 summer of 2003. 7 days per week, from about 7am to 11pm. Give rides to and from the boats, and will also deliver packages for reasonable fees. Call "Magic Penny" on VHF 16. Arno also fixes about anything on boats.

Waterfront Deli Market - Tel 305-296-0778 . Right in the SW corner of Key West Seaport and the most convenient grocery for boaters to reprovision. (Between Schooner wharf bar & Conch Republic restaurant.)

Key West also has a 600 foot no-anchor zone around the entire Island. This includes areas such as Cow Key Channel.

MARINAS & LINKS IN THE KEY WEST BIGHT AREA (Including GPS waypoints & webcams) - PLUS OTHER LOWER KEYS LOCATIONS
RESTAURANTS - SOME AROUND OLDE TOWNE KEY WEST (MILE MARKER "0") AND OTHERS IN THE KEYS (Including GPS waypoints & webcams)
CRUISING GUIDE - for lower Keys including Key West.