Haha...gotcha. Had the same thing when I decided to go inside Whale Cay between it and Treasure Cay. "should be a channel right about here." Closed my eyes an went. Opened my eyes, looked back and saw boiled sand.RT Firefly; said:Regarding Mr. ps's "looking for 10' of water in the middle of the channel" the pucker factor only sets in when I've got 2' or less under the keel. "All ahead slow!"
Hard to fathomblushthat when we run in miles deep water but again, every once in a while there is a pointy mountaintop in the middle of nowhere.mbevins said:Now the CC that's another story. Boating around Pine Is. In SW Fl we draw 18-20" and still manage to find the bottom a couple of times a month.
That applies to so many things don't it eh?caltexflanc; said:"There's three types of boaters: those who will run aground, those who have, and liars".
Looks like you have some nice quiet spots not to far away. Can you see Russia from your porch? No? How about Kevin, can you see Kevin from your porch?AKDoug said:Most of my part of Alaska, except for the shipping lanes, is very poorly charted.
Haha...gotcha. Had the same thing when I decided to go inside Whale Cay between it and Treasure Cay. "should be a channel right about here." Closed my eyes an went. Opened my eyes, looked back and saw boiled sand.
All in all, touching a soft bottom once in a while can be fun.
Did it in a 20' Albury. Just.Yeah don't rock is a little hairy in anything bigger then an outboard boat.
I may run aground multiple times a day in my 24' center console fishing in Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay or Port O'Connor. That's just part of the trip, especially when you have a boat that runs in less water than it requires to float in at a stop.