jeffies, you have never seen the Shinnecock/Suez Canal, not even from the
highway. so, how come you keep insisting that neither the United States Coast
Guard, nor the United States Army Corps of Engineers is wrong?

btw, jeffies, what is the chance *you* think *you* could move your training
wheels through that canal and out through the bay on the ocean side? tell us
about just how you and your wife are going to pull down your mast on one end of
the canal and put it up on the other, and then just how you are going to
navigate the channel out through Hampton Bay (without calling SeaTow several
times), then make it past the entrance (which side does one favor, today?) and
then through the wind against the current, then on to (what if totally
frightening to you) the open ocean?

Gee, the blogs didn't mention that, did they?

jeffies, the only people who think the SC has a lock are locals trying to make
it sound like the Suez Canal, and people such as yourself who read blogs as
insightful fact.

From: "Jeff Morris"
Date: 10/16/2004 9:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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I quoted the Coast Pilot, but you didn't believe it. Face it jaxie, this is
yet
another topic where you've demonstrated your ignorance.

If you can provide a source for your claims, why don't you do so? If you
don't,
you're just admitting you acted like a 5 year-old and made it up.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
jeffies, resorts to quoting a blog to "prove" the USCG is wrong.

"Jeff Morris"
Date: 10/16/2004 7:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Shinnecock is a lock

Not according to the Army Corps of Engineers. But what do they know?

Not much about this lock. But that could be because they don't maintain
it.

Here's one account of the locks from:
http://www.whaler.com/REC/WhalerTour...?content=log25

"Shinnecock Bay lay to the south of the marina, and entering it requires
going through
the Shinnecock canal, which is about a mile and half long. Mid-way through
the canal
is the dreaded Shinnecock Lock. Ordinarily the lock operates like any
other;
the boats
enter, the gates on one end close, and once the water is raised or
lowered,
the gates
on the opposite end open so that the boats can exit. However, twice a day
for
about
six hours, the gates remain open. The current rushes through at nearly
five
knots and
boaters test their skill as they try to traverse the tricky canal. On our
first trip
through, Kevin, one of the salesmen, was aboard and we appreciated his
advice. Local
knowledge, always invaluable, was never so much appreciated as we
negotiated
our way
through the canal, through the lock, and into the Bay. "