Geoff Schultz wrote:

Rosalie B. wrote in
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Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:45:27 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:

We are driving south this winter instead of going by boat. We went to
the Dismal Swamp Visitor's Center yesterday and they said that the
Corps of Engineers has found money to keep the canal open - it will
not close at the end of this year. She said there were three boats
there Friday night.
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What is the maximun allowable draft?

IIRC the controlling depth is supposed to be 6 feet, but when we went
through last year, they told us that a boat with 7 foot draft had been
through and was ok.

grandma Rosalie

I went through with a 5'2" draft and bumped on logs several times. No
damage, but they're there.

That has nothing to do with the controlling depth. Even catamarans
have logs bump on them. EVERYONE has logs bump on their bottoms. But
they aren't on the bottom, they are floating around under the surface.

There are logs and deadheads in the Alligator Pungo Canal too but they
don't have anything to do with the depth.


grandma Rosalie