Dave Uebele wrote: > So we went to an tidal estuary. Small channel filling and draining > the estuary. Boat launch ramp right at the narrow part of the channel > (go figure why it was put there????). At or near high tide, > so current through channel is minimal. [big snip] Probably put there so the tidal flushing would assure some relatively deep water at/off the ramp. For most power boats, the current is of no/little concern. Around here, boat ramps are sired with the powerboat crowd in mind, not the paddlefolks! In silty bays, unless something stirs up the water at the edge of the bay, it will silt in. Example: The boat ramp a quarter mile from my house is completely unusable except from mid-tide to high tide because of this. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 16:44:23 PDT
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