On Jun 11, 8:32 pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:03:03 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:



Gene Kearns wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:28:39 +0200, Salomon Fringe penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Hi all, I want to upgrade my echo sounder but I find that all of the
units I am looking at give up at around half a meter - unlike my 20
years old unit that I wanted to replace (I need zero depth performance
for inland waterways). Does anybody know of a unit/brand/type that would
work for me? I'm not interested in fish, just displaying depth.

This one is pretty accurate and good to the depths you suggest. Very
low current draw.....
http://tinyurl.com/5wn4pr

The best info yet, was in your article:

"When sailing in shoal waters, soundings can be taken much quicker with
a pole or boat hook than with a lead.?

I give my wife or daughter the boat hook, when backing into a beach for
a Mediterranean mooring.

I can't beat the Mediterranean thing, but after setting the main
anchor at an appropriate distance from the beach, we do back into the
shallows and take an anchor ashore to anchor stern-to.....

I can't quite wrap my head around the OP's situation, since my local
navigable areas that challenge vessel draft are not in any way a safe
haven.... quite to the contrary, they are *very* dangerous!

--

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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We sometimes anchor just off the Cedar Point Amusement Park or
Kelley's Island beaches (usually very crowded) and have to contend
with idiots anchored without stern anchors.