Re: Shallow Dock

Greg inquired: "Doesn't the marina office know?" In my experience, marina office staff in general haven't got a clue. Our Cal 29 was hard aground in one slip, so we asked to be relocated. The first response was "Well, we've had 35 foot boats in there with no problem so I don't see why you're having trouble." I ran into similar conversations with multiple other marinas, and most of them had sailboats in a majority of the slips. Sounding with a boat hook or other pole can be a good solution to find out what the true depth is for your slip. Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 "Jambalaya"

I keep a boat on a trailer in the dry yard in Berkeley CA. The harbormaster has never owned a boat. She got appointed. Her last job was in Animal Control (Dogs & Cats) When I inquired as to cutting trees back that overhang the road from my space to the 2 ton lift, she told me to just take my mast down every time and then just put it up. Once a Berkeley cop chewed me out fo crossing the double line. He said " One of you sailboaters took down his mast last week" When I calmly explained the situation he just drove away.. " Never give in, never give in, never give in." Winston S. Churchill. My Best Mike Farrell Cal 20 Coyote #61 & Cal 20 Rambler # 1114 From: Alfred Poor <ap… [at] bellatlantic.net> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 8:34:31 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Shallow Dock Greg inquired: “Doesn’t the marina office know?” In my experience, marina office staff in general haven’t got a clue. Our Cal 29 was hard aground in one slip, so we asked to be relocated. The first response was “Well, we’ve had 35 foot boats in there with no problem so I don’t see why you’re having trouble.” I ran into similar conversations with multiple other marinas, and most of them had sailboats in a majority of the slips. Sounding with a boat hook or other pole can be a good solution to find out what the true depth is for your slip. Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 “Jambalaya”