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Improper shoal marking?
I saw this pic at another boating forum.
http://tinyurl.com/dewyu No navigation buoys, just a non standard sign marking the hazard....looks more like a sign for the 'Danger Shoal Bar and Grill'. The sign was apparently put their by the city. Here is a recap of the information provided by one contributor to that thread in the forum: ============================================ "The shot was taken in Alexandria Bay, NY ... on the St. Lawrence River. The water there is not tidal. There used to be a "standard" diamond-buoy marker noting the shoal but the town changed it because many more boats would run aground than they currently do. This fellow ran aground - and instead of shutting down and assessing the situation ... he decided to try and "go over" the obstacle. We watched (and yelled for him to stop) as he drove his boat full throttle up higher onto the shoal. The interesting thing about this particular shoal is that the water is about ankle deep under the sign.. and about 5'+ deep in the vicinity of his outdrives at the stern of the boat. He wound up getting another boat to pull him off (to the stern). When they other boat pulled him, the Donzi spun clockwise on its keel - surely grinding away even more fiberglass. The shoal is solid granite. The St. Lawrence has a very interesting river-bottom...with depths varying from shallows to canyons hundreds of feet deep along sheer walls and underwater cliffs across only a few feet of surface distance. In one location I know of, the depth goes from 3' to 200' in a boat length. Not to capitalize on this fellow's misfortune.. but I just thought it to be somewhat of a striking image of a boat run aground set against such an obvious warning sign. (The sign is the same on each side and it is visible from the "natural" navigational approaches to the shoal.) " ============================== It seems that there could be some liability by the city for damages done to boats running aground due to improperly marking a known navigation hazard. What are your thoughts? |
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"*JimH*" wrote in message ... I saw this pic at another boating forum. http://tinyurl.com/dewyu No navigation buoys, just a non standard sign marking the hazard....looks more like a sign for the 'Danger Shoal Bar and Grill'. The sign was apparently put there by the city. Here is a recap of the information provided by one contributor to that thread in the forum: ============================================ "The shot was taken in Alexandria Bay, NY ... on the St. Lawrence River. The water there is not tidal. There used to be a "standard" diamond-buoy marker noting the shoal but the town changed it because many more boats would run aground than they currently do. This fellow ran aground - and instead of shutting down and assessing the situation ... he decided to try and "go over" the obstacle. We watched (and yelled for him to stop) as he drove his boat full throttle up higher onto the shoal. The interesting thing about this particular shoal is that the water is about ankle deep under the sign.. and about 5'+ deep in the vicinity of his outdrives at the stern of the boat. He wound up getting another boat to pull him off (to the stern). When they other boat pulled him, the Donzi spun clockwise on its keel - surely grinding away even more fiberglass. The shoal is solid granite. The St. Lawrence has a very interesting river-bottom...with depths varying from shallows to canyons hundreds of feet deep along sheer walls and underwater cliffs across only a few feet of surface distance. In one location I know of, the depth goes from 3' to 200' in a boat length. Not to capitalize on this fellow's misfortune.. but I just thought it to be somewhat of a striking image of a boat run aground set against such an obvious warning sign. (The sign is the same on each side and it is visible from the "natural" navigational approaches to the shoal.) " ============================== It seems that there could be some liability by the city for damages done to boats running aground due to improperly marking a known navigation hazard. What are your thoughts? edit: spelling |
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*JimH* wrote:
I saw this pic at another boating forum. http://tinyurl.com/dewyu No navigation buoys, just a non standard sign marking the hazard....looks more like a sign for the 'Danger Shoal Bar and Grill'. The sign was apparently put their by the city. Here is a recap of the information provided by one contributor to that thread in the forum: ============================================ "The shot was taken in Alexandria Bay, NY ... on the St. Lawrence River. The water there is not tidal. There used to be a "standard" diamond-buoy marker noting the shoal but the town changed it because many more boats would run aground than they currently do. This fellow ran aground - and instead of shutting down and assessing the situation ... he decided to try and "go over" the obstacle. We watched (and yelled for him to stop) as he drove his boat full throttle up higher onto the shoal. The interesting thing about this particular shoal is that the water is about ankle deep under the sign.. and about 5'+ deep in the vicinity of his outdrives at the stern of the boat. He wound up getting another boat to pull him off (to the stern). When they other boat pulled him, the Donzi spun clockwise on its keel - surely grinding away even more fiberglass. The shoal is solid granite. The St. Lawrence has a very interesting river-bottom...with depths varying from shallows to canyons hundreds of feet deep along sheer walls and underwater cliffs across only a few feet of surface distance. In one location I know of, the depth goes from 3' to 200' in a boat length. Not to capitalize on this fellow's misfortune.. but I just thought it to be somewhat of a striking image of a boat run aground set against such an obvious warning sign. (The sign is the same on each side and it is visible from the "natural" navigational approaches to the shoal.) " ============================== It seems that there could be some liability by the city for damages done to boats running aground due to improperly marking a known navigation hazard. What are your thoughts? I thought that is what 'cardinal buoys' are for. http://www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/sbg-gsn/cardinal.htm |
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Y'all actually mark shoals. My Gawd, who'd a thunk of that. 'Round
here, we jes kinda know where not to go and if someone goes aground its his fault. Seriously, marked shoals would be a miracle here in NW FL |
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*JimH* wrote:
I saw this pic at another boating forum. http://tinyurl.com/dewyu No navigation buoys, just a non standard sign marking the hazard....looks more like a sign for the 'Danger Shoal Bar and Grill'. The sign was apparently put their by the city. Reminds me of the time a buddy parked his 1903 Friendship sloop on a granite shoal in a harbor in Maine. There was no marking at all, but my buddy said he knew it was there and should have avoided it. -Raf -- Misifus- Rafael Seibert http://www.ralphandsue.com |
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