Hazard to navigation, sand bar....

pstew96

pstew96

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There is a sand/mud bar that juts out about 10 feet from the grass that gets covered up when the tide comes in, so many innocent boaters get stuck on this thing and I have pulled them off or tried to, it's a canal in Babylon that takes you to a restaurant called the Gull. I am fed-up and want to either mark it or have it shaved down, anyone have any ideas?
 
So I found a way to report it to the US Coast Guard as well as the town of Babylon, lets see what comes of it...
 
Great info.
Is it in the smaller canal that the Seagull’s Dock is actually located?
There is marsh on the north side of that canal opposite the Seagull.
We used to go there often with my old 30 footer, now we only go with my kid's 18’ bowrider.
I went there once two years ago around high tide with my 410 which was new to me at the time, but it was a little too scary to go back.
Shame. We really like the place.
 
Yes, if you go to close to the marsh(northeast) going towards the restaurant at high tide you wont see it and bam! No good for props, no good for anything other than the geese that stand on it at low tide.
 
Thanks! I’ll try to avoid going there other than at times when the tide is up.
 
JVM225, no don't go at high tide, you wont be able to see this mess, that's what gets people into trouble, the tide just barely covers it, if some authority doesn't do something soon I may go ahead and mark the dam thing somehow myself! Anyone have any suggestions?
 
They've been marking the Snake Kill Cut for years with Clorox or water bottles. I'm surprised the Gull hasn't done something.

Billy K.
 
Yes Billy, you would think it being in their best interest! Now that I think about it, I did see a lobster trap type of buoy nearby last week but it was about 30ft away from it, maybe wasn't anchored very well. Someone probably picked it out of the water because it was in the middle of the canal.
 
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Originally posted by pstew96

JVM225, no don't go at high tide, you wont be able to see this mess, that's what gets people into trouble, the tide just barely covers it, if some authority doesn't do something soon I may go ahead and mark the dam thing somehow myself! Anyone have any suggestions?

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Thanks! We were thinking of going Friday but maybe we’ll just skip it all together rather than take a chance.
Shame. We really like the place, but not worth the risk or aggravation.
 
Hey, some decent soul has gone and plugged a 2x4 with a red rag on it to mark the bad marsh bog so others may navigate around it, hope it stays up, God forbid the entities that tax the hell out of us do anything about it!
 
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