[C320-list] Upper Chesapeake Marinas

[Warren Updike]

Knapps narrows West to East is doable for shallow draft boats: 5" or less.
The last mark is a red day mark. One piece of local knowledge is to take the
red mark close abeam starboard, so close that you could reach overboard and
leave you card on the mark. That said, conditions are achang'n. Best to call
a marina in the narrows and ask for advice. Maybe avoid at low tide. 

Coming out of Knapps into the Choptank, to the North, towards Harris Cr.,
there is a hazard of new oyster reefs that are 5" or less from the surface.
See the Active Captain hazard mark.

Kent Narrows channel is busy and managed. The marks are changed from the
charts, and may be changed from time to time; but, generally, if followed,
there is no problem. Know the tides at the Narrows as the flood tide flows
North and North-bound traffic is favored. When ebb tide, the South-bound
traffic is favored. Current can easily be 2 kts. Also, nav aids are
Red-Right whether North or South bound. Last time through, bridge tender was
very helpful.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Thompson [mailto:surprise at thompson87.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 4:46 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Upper Chesapeake Marinas

Has anyone been there lately with a 320? Knapps Narrows has had severe 
shoaling on the western approach, and the Army postponed plans to dredge 
this Spring. Last I heard the postponement was indefinite. We avoided 
Knapps during our spring cruise for this reason. There are similar 
problems at Kent Island Narrows on the northern side of the narrows.


On 7/7/2016 1:40 PM, mtpoodles at atlanticbb.net wrote:
> Knapps Narrows Marina Tilghman is reasonable and easy cruising distance to
those areas. We are at Bay Bridge Marina and like the location but it is
more expensive than Knapps.
>
> Diane
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In a similar vein, we would like to cruise the Chesapeake above the
>> Rappahannock next year and visit places like St. Michaels, Solomons and
>> Annapolis. Our idea is to find a decent marina midway up that is
reasonably
>> inexpensive where we could rent a slip for a three months (April, May and
>> June). Our plan would be to move Commitment up, keep her there for the
>> quarter and commute for long weekends and one week sailing intervals
before
>> returning at the end of the quarter.
>>
>> Suggestions welcomed!
>>
>> Chris Burti
>> Commitment, #867
>> Farmville, NC
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Onat Dogruer <onat_s at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> We are moving from NYC to DC area.  We are new to Chesapeake and would
>>> like to stay in Annapolis area for the time being.  We plan to sail down
>>> later in July and I would like to get a sense as to where folks keep
their
>>> boats and marina recommendations in Annapolis. I have looked into
>>> ActiveCaptain and other sources but would welcome your
>>> suggestions/recommendations.
>>>
>>> Thank you all,-OnatS/V Kittiwake
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>