[C320-list] Heart-Miller Island Cut

[Jerry Taylor]

I had 6-8' all the way and did not see a temporary buoy anywhere.   A 
Catalina 380 (5' 3") went through behind me and did not have any problems or 
mention shallow areas.   A Catalina 387 (4'5") went through three hours 
earlier and saw a big power boat aground and looked like he was out of the 
channel some.  The 387 did not mention shallow areas either.  Did you notice 
that I only travel with Catalinas!!   I do not know about dredging, but it 
sounds like they must have done something. The 380 avoided Knapps Narrows 
and was a real smart move!!

Jerry

-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:26 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Heart-Miller Island Cut

So you had plenty of water in the main channel? When I went through last
year you had to take a detour outside the fixed markers on the north
side to go around a temporary buoy and although I didn't bump I thought
I couldn't have more than 6 inches under the keel. Reports were that in
the main channel there was less than 4 ft at that point. Have they
dredged recently?


On 7/2/2013 1:20 PM, Jerry Taylor wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> I went through Kent Narrows a couple of weeks ago and had plenty of water 
> on the North side.  The tide had been flooding for about an hour and had 
> to put the pedal to the medal to get under the bridge!  Piper draws 4'4". 
> Hope this helps.  Knapps Narrows was not fun on a dead low tide, but made 
> it without grounding and minimal tide under the bridge.
>
> Jerry
> Piper - 1128
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Thompson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:50 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Heart-Miller Island Cut
>
> 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
>
>
>
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