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Originally Posted by gstraub
Anyone been to Tangier Island recently? I'd be interested in hearing what kind of depths you encountered on the approach channel (eastern or western). Is Parks Marina before the power lines when approaching from the west?
Gerhard |
I'm afraid my response won't be a lot of help but it looks like it may be the only answer you get.
First, I've never taken my boat to Tangier, but I am a pilot and we usually visit Tangier a few times during the spring-summer-early fall. After I got into boating, the idea of visiting Tangier by boat was a natural thought, so I looked around on my fly-in visits, to see how I might approach in a sailboat.
As it happened, I was at the docks when a fleet from a yacht club arrived and docked. They came in from the west and seeing that convinced me, if I ever went, I'd come in from that side. I can't tell you what the depths were but seeing 5 or 6 typical Chesapeake sized sailboats (>30') arrive with zero drama, convinced me that way would be easier than trying to snake your way in from the east.
If you make a visit soon, let us know how it goes. We'll be taking vacation the week of July 4th to get to know our new boat and Tangier might be a port of call.
Tangier is a unique experience and well worth the visit. It is the closest thing to visiting a foreign country without leaving the Chesapeake. The island residents have been there since before the Revolution and their language is still tinged with a slight accent. Some homes front yards serve as the family burial plot and there might be 6 generations between the street and the front door. Few areas you'll visit have a stronger sense of place.
With the difficulty of earning a living on the water, and rising costs we all face, these folks can also use every tourist dollar they can get as the only ways to get there are by ferry, private boat or private aircraft. The local pilots groups are helping advertise Tangier and are rasing money to help the island recondition their Airport, so that they don't loose that link to the rest of the world.
Good Luck on your trip.
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