Rick Itenson wrote:
What's the latest on Lockwood's Folly. Heading up that way soon and
Corps of Engineers says there's only five feet there.

We went through last week at low tide, and it was about 5 1/2'

Go on a higher tide, keep to landward (as Muskrat said) and watch the
current. The tide fall is not a lot, but this lulls many people into a
false sense of security... the current is swift and it will pull you out
of the channel if you let it.


... Also would
appreciate info on New River area,apparently shopaled up there too.

Yes IMHO this is worse than Lockwood's Folly. There's a bigger area to
guess where the channel is. We bumped something (a log?) underwater
nearer the red-bouy side on the north/east side of the inlet. On the way
back we kept more toward the green and were all right.


... I
need six feet.. Are there many boats going north through Lockwood's
Folly or are most of them going outside.

There was a LOT of traffic going inside last week.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Hey, Captain Doug,

Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.

Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which
ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly
sank and is still on the hill.

Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while
unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance!

May the wind be at your back,
muskrat

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.

Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which
ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly
sank and is still on the hill.

Bummer. What kind of boat?

We've had pretty good luck (knock wood) in that department, we've hit
stuff where the water was theoritically deep enough, and nothing showed
on the surface, in places like the Trent, the Pasquotank (now there's a
beautiful river), Topsail channel, and now this New River channel
junction. We've got a full skeg but it still isn't bulletproof.


Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while
unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance!

It's a good place to be careful.

I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.



I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Doug,

It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4
days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling
I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting.

Rick
"Breathless"

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(Rick Itenson) wrote:

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.


We went aground today just south of Wrightsville Beach about mm 285.
In the channel on the red side. Pushed sideways a bit by wind and
incoming tide. When people waked us we would bounce but not high
enough to get off. Had to get TowBoatUS.

I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Doug,

It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4
days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling
I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting.

Rick
"Breathless"

Sometimes it isn't just 3-4 days. This winter people waited weeks for
a window to go to the Bahamas. OTOH this past week or two it has
been almost perfect for someone going north to go offshore. I find
offshore very tiring though, and although we are anxious to get home,
we decided not to go from Masonboro to Beaufort.

grandma Rosalie

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(Rick Itenson) wrote:

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.


We went aground today just south of Wrightsville Beach about mm 285.
In the channel on the red side. Pushed sideways a bit by wind and
incoming tide. When people waked us we would bounce but not high
enough to get off. Had to get TowBoatUS.

I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Doug,

It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4
days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling
I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting.

Rick
"Breathless"

Sometimes it isn't just 3-4 days. This winter people waited weeks for
a window to go to the Bahamas. OTOH this past week or two it has
been almost perfect for someone going north to go offshore. I find
offshore very tiring though, and although we are anxious to get home,
we decided not to go from Masonboro to Beaufort.

grandma Rosalie

Hey, Cap'n Doug,

Wounded boat was a late model Chris about 30', twin screws with glass
hull. Was surprised and pleased to see no hull damage.

And hey, Cap'n Rick,

Lovely s'westerly winds this weekend, but absolutely no water at low
tides. Worst I've seen since lunar new year. Waiting for the outside
sounds better all the time.

Good sailing to all,
muskrat

Hey, Cap'n Doug,

Wounded boat was a late model Chris about 30', twin screws with glass
hull. Was surprised and pleased to see no hull damage.

And hey, Cap'n Rick,

Lovely s'westerly winds this weekend, but absolutely no water at low
tides. Worst I've seen since lunar new year. Waiting for the outside
sounds better all the time.

Good sailing to all,
muskrat

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:13:28 -0400, DSK wrote:

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.



I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Doug,

It's all dependent on the weather for us. Rather than waiting 3 or 4
days for weather we'll go inside. However with more and more shoaling
I guess we'll be doing more and more waiting.

Rick
"Breathless"

muskrat wrote:
Thanks for confirming report of an unmarked nasty something lurking
around the intersection of New River and the ICW.

Last week another boater had a problem there - hit something which
ripped shaft from stuffing box and jammed prop into rudder. Nearly
sank and is still on the hill.

Bummer. What kind of boat?

We've had pretty good luck (knock wood) in that department, we've hit
stuff where the water was theoritically deep enough, and nothing showed
on the surface, in places like the Trent, the Pasquotank (now there's a
beautiful river), Topsail channel, and now this New River channel
junction. We've got a full skeg but it still isn't bulletproof.


Will definitely be taking it slow through that area for quite a while
unless a marker magically appears. Fat chance!

It's a good place to be careful.

I'm glad to see some sensible discussion of going outside. Why do so
many people buy heavy displacement "offshore" cruisers and then
putt-putt up and down the ICW? When we get an autopilot, I'm planning to
take the tugboat outside for as much of the route as feasible.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King