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As many of you know a year ago in July we moved our boat to Watts Bar Lake TN on the Tennessee River. We didn’t make it there in time for July 4th but this year I made sure we d have a couple of weeks to enjoy small town USA Independence Day!
Moving the boat to a lake was a bit of a gamble after spending 40 years boating in salt water. We did a lot of research and bought land here in TN four years ago having decided this was where we d eventually build and retire. Miami and SoFl has become just too crazy in the last 5-10 years even on the water, boating in Miami on week ends is almost dangerous. Also, we re done with hurricanes (almost impossible to insure an old Hatteras) and paying $2k a month in dockage…
Watts Bar Lake is one of the biggest lakes in the south east with about 700 miles of shoreline. In a year here we ve barely scratched the surface, there are thousands of coves we can anchor in! And even in a busy summer holiday week end, traffic is minimal and most coves are empty.
The marina we picked could be called rustic with many houseboats past their prime but it s very protected, with a nice waterfront restaurant and great people. We re in an open slip on the end of a covered dock in an open slip with a great view and complete privacy. Only down side are the spiders… but making progress in prevention.
This week end we got to hook up with a couple who were our dock neighbors in Miami and just moved their 60 footer to the lake from Miami. They had come to visit a couple of years ago when we had rented a cabin and fell in love with the area, bought a house and moved their boat here.
So here are a few pictures from our first Small Town USA July 4th celebration. Post yours but only boating or on the water pictures being a boating side
Underway yesterday
Video of our marina
Moving the boat to a lake was a bit of a gamble after spending 40 years boating in salt water. We did a lot of research and bought land here in TN four years ago having decided this was where we d eventually build and retire. Miami and SoFl has become just too crazy in the last 5-10 years even on the water, boating in Miami on week ends is almost dangerous. Also, we re done with hurricanes (almost impossible to insure an old Hatteras) and paying $2k a month in dockage…
Watts Bar Lake is one of the biggest lakes in the south east with about 700 miles of shoreline. In a year here we ve barely scratched the surface, there are thousands of coves we can anchor in! And even in a busy summer holiday week end, traffic is minimal and most coves are empty.
The marina we picked could be called rustic with many houseboats past their prime but it s very protected, with a nice waterfront restaurant and great people. We re in an open slip on the end of a covered dock in an open slip with a great view and complete privacy. Only down side are the spiders… but making progress in prevention.
This week end we got to hook up with a couple who were our dock neighbors in Miami and just moved their 60 footer to the lake from Miami. They had come to visit a couple of years ago when we had rented a cabin and fell in love with the area, bought a house and moved their boat here.
So here are a few pictures from our first Small Town USA July 4th celebration. Post yours but only boating or on the water pictures being a boating side
Underway yesterday
Video of our marina
