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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 07/05/2013 :  13:34:22  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
At the south end of Dye's Inlet, just north of Bremerton, is Oyster Bay. We're thinking of taking a trip there, the prospect of water warm enough to swim in is enticing. However, it's supposed to be a narrow, shallow approach to the bay, and the bay itself is shallow (which is why the water's warm enough to swim in). Anyone have local knowledge of the bay? Active Captain only has two reviews for it, and one of them is fairly obviously a power boater, can't really tell from the other. From the chart it looks doable although you might only have a couple of feet of water under the keel at low tide. It's a sand bottom so even if you did touch, you're unlikely to take any damage. Might be a good time to careen the hull and scrape barnacles off the spots I couldn't paint.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 07/05/2013 :  16:23:23  Show Profile
Careen a wing keel? is that doable without damaging the keel?
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Response Posted - 07/05/2013 :  16:56:32  Show Profile
A foot and a half less than your draft would leave you listing maybe 30 degrees, resting on one keel wing and the rudder blade... (?) ...with possible boat wakes bouncing you on them... Sounds like a dubious idea to me. (Sand bottoms can be a lot less fluffy than sand beaches.)
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 07/05/2013 :  17:01:47  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Hmm..guess I need a "kidding" font. I have no desire to lay my boat over on it's side. However if I could get it into water only slightly deeper than it's draft that was warm enough to swim/stand in, no current, I would take a scraper to the unpainted areas as I'm sure they've accumulated some growth.
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Response Posted - 07/05/2013 :  17:31:58  Show Profile
I have a recreational kayak and a soft bristle brush for just that situation. I tie the boat to the dock on a starboard side tie and gently rub the moss off the port side. I tie a slack line from bow cleat to stern cleat to hang onto. Once done on port I switch to a port side tie and do the starboard side.
The important part is "easy does it with the brush" otherwise my ablative paint is gone. If you have hard antifouling paint, that's another story.
Once mid-season does it for me. Here in CT that's about Aug 15. Water temps are just now getting into the low 70s so with warmer waters comes more growth.
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