[C320-list] Heart-Miller Island Cut

[Scott Thompson]

Bruce, if you get the answer some other way, please let the rest of us 
Chesapeake sailors know. I've wondered about that cut for some time and 
have never tried it, except on my parent's boat in the 1980's. But 
Hart-Miller was much smaller then before they started dumping dredge 
spoils there, and my parent's boat only drew 3.5 feet with the board up 
and had no instruments to measure the actual depth. My chart suggests it 
can't be done today, but perhaps that is wrong.

On a related note, have any Chesapeake sailors taken their boat through 
Kent Narrows this year? I've wondered if it is still possible given all 
of the shoaling in the north channel recently. Running aground with the 
wing keel and a lot of powerboat traffic is no fun.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653

On 7/1/2013 6:41 AM, Bruce wrote:
> To any of you sailors familiar with the area...Can a 320 navigate through the cut? We anchored at HMI Saturday night but we went around the North side and came down. With hull #719 and a wing keel I believe our draft is 4'10" I've even though there hundreds of times on other boats but I know how that channel can fill in, I don't want to find out the hard way.
>
> Bruce Hunter
> Nauti Time #719