Scotty wrote:
Oops. I'm sorry, I was thinking of your new digs. Forgot
you left your boat down there.

Scotty



"katy" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
Katy, how far must you motor to get to good sailing?

Scotty


The way the winds prevail, not far at all....a couple
miles...you
can set your sails and run out one way or run back in the
other on a
beam reach...there is a bottle neck that comes up right
after you
hit Doug's marina but after that the river opens up to the
Sound...Doug would be able to give you the actual
miles...if we were
shallower draft, we'd have more room to sail but have to
watch the
depth gauge so we don't go aground....


The Hames River is REALLY shallow, so you have to take the channel
out to the Elizabeth and then out to the Bay....it's really not all
that far but there are a lot of things to worry about along the
way..like all the terminals and bases....

katysails wrote:
The Hames River is REALLY shallow, so you have to take the channel out
to the Elizabeth and then out to the Bay....it's really not all that far
but there are a lot of things to worry about along the way..like all the
terminals and bases....

There's a LOT of big ship traffic right there. Interesting
to watch but worrisome to get in the way of.

I never realized the James was so shallow but you're right.

http://www.nauticalcharts.gov/viewer...CoastTable.htm
Look at #12245 thru 12253
Once you get west of the Hwy 684 bridge, there's relatively
little area to sail.

There's some cool places there, though. Hampton & Portsmouth
both have city docks.

DSK