Nice...that's right in my backyard!!
Am I reading correctly, that parts of the canal are only 5.3' deep?
Am I reading correctly, that parts of the canal are only 5.3' deep?
Yes it can get that shallow and just as significant the channel at low is Very narrow. Fortunately it's very clear just where the channel is and the bottom is all sand. It's an extremely picturesque river.
Ken
Means the odds of us taking that route aren't good. I don't see trying that with a 5' draft.
My charts are old but show the mean low at 6.5 feet where it enters Ipswich bay. Any time other than dead low you'd be fine, as the tide swing is 9 feet or so. The other end, where it enters Gloucester Harbor is regularly travelled by large ( 100 foot ) whale watching boats.
Current charts show 6.5 at the entrance but then 5.3 later.
On our way there ourselves, driving the boat is waiting for us on the end of D dock, SOPO marine.
Enjoy your journey, booth bay is a cool place
There's enough water at high to get 8.5' through. Just have to watch the air draft at the bridge. And waiting for the commuter rail bridge with fair current is fun too. But woe to the uninitiated going through blynman canal bridge with the current......
Is there a fixed bridge other than Route 128 which is 65'?
Surprised no one has mentioned the partying that goes on at the north end of the Annisquam River on the shallow sand flats- bikini babes, beer, boom boxes. It can get wild on nice weekend summer days.
David
Is there a fixed bridge other than Route 128 which is 65'?