On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:48:38 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:26:44 -0500, John H.
wrote:

When you're in water shallow enough to kick up sand, why not jump out and
pull the boat in? You shouldn't have any problems standing in 2 feet of
water!

If I got out and walked everytime I was in 2 feet of water I wouldn't
need an engine ;-)

http://esteroriverheights.com/ftp/wh...stick_mean.jpg

Note: zoom in and how far you can still see birds walking around. You
could walk to Mound Key (on the right) and never get your knees wet.
This is 3 feet at high tide, noted on the stick in the top picture.

Jim was talking about running through sand to get to his favorite beach. If
the water was that shallow, I'd get out and pull the boat rather than fill
up the water pump with sand.

But, I'm very weird. And, in the minds of many, an asshole.