I have an interesting and fairly well documented Active Captain Story, that shows some of the weaknesses of Active Captain in my opinion. First, I want to say it again, I use Active Captain, I like it and I think Jeff and Karen do a good job. In this case though, I wasn't thrilled with the results.
There was an island I wanted to check out, called "Adelaide Island" in the Thousand Islands. No matter where I looked I couldn't get depth information. The chart had nothing, the cruising guide had nothing, Active Captain had nothing. In the end I used Aeventyr60's trick. I went and spoke to somebody, not just any body, but the Captain of the Parks Canada maintenance tug, who I considered to be a good source of information, because we had actually gone to school together. He told me he only drew 3 feet but he thought there would be lots of water for me and told me it's a soft bottom any way. I decided to give it a shot, because I wanted to check out this island. Well my buddy was right about one thing- there was a soft bottom.
I submitted a review to AC, which was not posted (one of 2 disqualified reviews from this trip alone), it was actually Karen that emailed me, I didn't ask why my review wasn't being posted, but I assumed it was the regular reason, I never actually stayed at this dock and it's against the rules to post a review of a location you haven't actually stayed at (silly rule in my opinion).
Here is a copy and paste of the entire review that currently exists of the island I draw 4'8":
"CA Provincial Park.40 foot dock and mooring field. The docl is located at 44.4352 N, 075.8397 W.Beautiful sunrise and sunset view of Singer Castle. Excellent fishing. Docking on the south side can get very rough when the ships pass. Good anchorage on the south side of the island.The moorings have less than 6 feet of water, take great care."
Here is a video of me not staying the night at Adelaide Island (thus disqualifying my review). Reference minute 6:40 ish, this video can be a bit of a bore because it is intended as a video review- not entertainment for the sake of entertainment, so I wouldn't fault any body for skipping ahead to 6:40ish where I decide not to stay on the island.