Andrew, you would have to stay away from most of the Eastern shore. As Joe
mentioned, the channels leading to both Kent Narrows and Knapps Narrows are not
deep enough - I've been aground in each with 5 feet (and trying to stick to the
known deeper areas - neither is passable with 7). With seven feet, you would
have to do a lot of straight line motoring to stay in the rather narrow
channels - I guess a 427 big block would provide enough power - my buddy's
Perkins 90 in his 36 footer was barely enough to pull us out in one instance
(23 inch four blade prop).
Even Mr. Connor ran aground in Toshiba Volvo, but that was 13 feet deep - and
he was just trying to tack up the Bay.
Stick to the center of the Bay (but be wary of commercial traffic in the
shipping channel) - and on the western shore, and a good forward scanning sonar
would help.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Burton via CnC-List
To: Bill Bina - gmail ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Stus-List what is wrong with these boats?
I like the Chesapeake; it's all soft mud, which means that with enough
horsepower pretty much every place is accessible with deep draft. And there's a
channel for getting back out. Granted it'd only be a foot or two wide...
Bill, where are you going in New England that more than five feet is too
limiting? I can only think of a couple of places.
Andy
C&C 40
Peregrine
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Up here in New England, what you hit when you run aground is often a
boulder or a rock ledge, not soft forgiving Chesapeake mud! For that reason, I
would never even consider a boat that drew over 5 feet. Too many places I could
not visit at all, and too many obstacles everywhere else.
Bill Bina
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