Watch Hill

Rob, how bad is the shoaling and is there a way around it?

Have you been to Sailor's Haven yet? Any issues with depths there? Thinking of taking a ride there tomorrow.

John
 
Anyone with feedback on high tide tonight? Suppose to be very high
 
It's pretty high but not that extreme that it should cause any issues.
 
John,
The buoys are in the right places at watch hill . They moved the marina entrance buoy alittle north as the bar at the entrance grew. All the bulk head along the entrance is shot . All that sand is going to end up u know where

Rob
 
Rob,

Was that you in on "D" land Friday night? I came in with my 33 to just take a drive through and said hi to a guy that said there was no electric.

--Steve
 
Thanks Rob. I went to Sailor's Haven today for the afternoon, everything seemed fine there. The tide had dropped a bit before I headed out but there was still enough water at the entrance. The entrance buoys seem to be further out than I remember and a big gap between the last set and the marina but it was mostly 8' in that stretch. Before that the lowest I saw was 6'. The power stations on the outer dock where the big slips are were still wrapped in plastic. I can't plug in there anyway so didn't care. At 3pm no one there collecting money and no one picked up the phone earlier either and there are still signs up saying they are closed for the winter so maybe they didn't officially open this weekend.

John
 
Steve,
That was I leaning on stantion. You should have hung out ! Was a nice nite .

John,
One would think they would be so on top of this stuff. I just dont get it . Its almost like its a hobby. No a business.

Rob

Rob
 
Who is going this weekend?
Planning to head over Wednesday morning.
Weekend weather is looking good.
 
Planning to go Thursday morning. Dave, I'll check with you tomorrow night on the slip situation.

John
 
I'm already at Watch Hill, in slip D-3. Other than me and D-1, D dock is empty, as is C-D pier. 2 boats on C land, rest of marina is empty.
 
I am in D14, Walter in D6.
Ride over was smooth, little fog.
Watch Hill channel was fine, was low tide and saw 4.1 near entrance as the low, I hugged port side coming in.
In slip I have 3 feet, so slips are low but that will blow out as season goes.
Lots of gnats this morning, but better now.
Water pressure seems weak.
 
Dave, are those depths total numbers or below your boat? Do you have a keel offset set on your depthfinder?

John
 
No keel offset. I just checked depthfinder.
Showing 3' 4" in slip. I took by boat hook and measured water and it is pretty accurate, off my 2 inches under.
So I have 3'6" of water, I draft 39" and I am floating.
Tide is coming up.
 
Thanks Dave. Andy, when your boat needs more than 4'1" of water to float it's an important technicality! ;)

John
 
It was pretty low tide when we pulled in.
If you hit it higher you will be fine.
I stayed on plane until the the 5mph buoy and saw over 5' thru most of channel.
Came off plane slow to avoid dig in.

I will provide a update later on slips, I heard dockmaster taking alot of reservations when I walked over to pay.
Right now we have 9 boats here.
 
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