We left this morning at 07:15 and got to Green Turtle Bay by 09:20. The mechanic had us ready to go by 11:00 and we were on our way by 11:15. It was another beautiful day with wind again. Although it is just beautiful here at the park it sure was difficult getting here. Our chart plotter didn't have a sail line and we had to go by the buoys in the Little Rover channel and they were few and far between. The channel was about 12 feet deep and the it weaved and cured a lot. Outside the channel it got very shallow. Luckily we had a large chart of Lake Barkley which also marked the channel and Keith was able to pick us up on his tablet also. We don't know what we would have done without those two. We got gas at the marina for just $3.85; great price. It was a very peaceful and quiet night.
CO's comments; Before we left Green Turtle Bay I was told that outside the channel it gets very shallow. A couple of time on the Cumberland River we got close to the red buoys in the main channel and the depth immediately got shallow. I have a Navtronics fishing program on my Table and it was very accurate as far as river depths; much more accurate than my chart plotter.
6-7-2012 Anchorage in Lake Barkley Park
6-7-2012 Sunset
N36 51.600
W87 55.107
No comments:
Post a Comment