rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
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- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
Has anyone done this trip in a boat about 13' high with a 3' draft?
I count 7 bridges, 3 of which I'd need open, one of which is a CLOSE call. The other 3 are no problem.
Specific questions:
1. how are depths, channel markers and accuracy of those channel markers?
2. no wake zones? Whole way, part of the way? Looks to be about 11 miles - realistically, how long does that 11 mile trip take assuming you make all your bridge connections.
3. Margate Bridge - this is the close-call, and one of the boats I'm traveling with can't make it without an opening. 14' at MHW. No info on Active Captain about when it opens. It is a bascule so it must open.
4. HOW BAD ARE THE GREENHEADS??!!!
Thanks for any advice. Active Captain is helpful but it seems that since Garmin re-did the site, all the old info was wiped. I know b/c anything I posted there is gone. That's years and years of local knowledge that now needs to be rebuilt. This is a bad-weather backup for me - the plan is to exit Absecon Inlet and enter Great Egg Harbor Inlet.
I count 7 bridges, 3 of which I'd need open, one of which is a CLOSE call. The other 3 are no problem.
Specific questions:
1. how are depths, channel markers and accuracy of those channel markers?
2. no wake zones? Whole way, part of the way? Looks to be about 11 miles - realistically, how long does that 11 mile trip take assuming you make all your bridge connections.
3. Margate Bridge - this is the close-call, and one of the boats I'm traveling with can't make it without an opening. 14' at MHW. No info on Active Captain about when it opens. It is a bascule so it must open.
4. HOW BAD ARE THE GREENHEADS??!!!
Thanks for any advice. Active Captain is helpful but it seems that since Garmin re-did the site, all the old info was wiped. I know b/c anything I posted there is gone. That's years and years of local knowledge that now needs to be rebuilt. This is a bad-weather backup for me - the plan is to exit Absecon Inlet and enter Great Egg Harbor Inlet.
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