The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW / ICW) or “The Ditch” as many refer to it is a continuous, and for the most part, protected passage just inside the Atlantic Coast and through the Florida Keys. Beginning at mile marker (MM “0.0”) 36°50’54” N / 76°17’54” W in Norfolk, VA the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway stretches 1,243.8 SM (1080.8 NM) south to Key West, FL.
The AICW, made up of both natural and man-made canals,rivers, bays, and sounds; is primarily used by pleasure craft. However, manycommercial light-draft vessels as well as smaller tugs and tows also make useof the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in an effort to avoid long open oceanpassages.
We will be traveling during daylight hours only. Most evenings will be spent anchoring out with an occasional evening at a marina tied to a slip. We hope to be able to average somewhere between 50 and 60 miles each day, so we anticipate the trip taking us just under 4 week to our final destination of Stuart, Fl. Stuart is approximately 100 miles south of Cape Canaveral and 80 miles north of Ft. Lauderdale.
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