Sitting in the muck...

[jcollins]

I pulled the boat last week. Before I did, I took some good advice and blew out a hole. If the boat was still there this past weekend it would have come in handy. The tide was OUT. My neighbors boat is a 1959 Edwards. Two foot draft, no keel. Even though he was on the sand, I still had two feet at the end of the pier.




High Tide

[Mariner]

Remind me again why you guys don't have floating docks?

[Elizabeth Ann]

JC! Do you guys have a 6' tidal swing in MD.?

[DougSea]

Pretty spot!

The size of your tide swing surprised me too. I'd just have to have floating docks, but then we have a nominal 7 foot swing with the occasional 11' plus thrown in.

[jcollins]

Normal tide swing is only 2-3 feet. But, in the winter we get these very low tides at least 3 times a month. The unusually high tide is when a strong wind is out of the south. That doesn't happen often. We have thought about a floating pier. A few neighbors have them. The thing about this place is that it's part of a queen's grant. (circa 1700) I can't buy the land. Only rent. The lease is year-to-year. That's another story in itself.

[Mariner]

That's the best part about a floating pier. You can take it with you when you leave.