Thomas Point open for visitors

I went by there on Wedneday and there was people on there, I dont know if they we working on it, I thought they we there to watch the fireworks
 
I heard that it was a $70 ticket for the tour. I live much closer to the light, than the tour boat, and would be happy to take anyone for a spin around the light house for 'say $50 or so'

Seems a little high for a tour which should be quick, but I'll bet they get it!!
 
Dusty - you won't be able to take them inside though :D

They also have private events for their benefactors and volunteers. I wouldn't be surprised that the July 4th was for one of those groups. How cool would that be ... seeing the fireworks from the lighthouse!

edit: I just found the tour site at http://www.thomaspointlighthouse.org/tours.asp

They say to allow 3 hours including 30 min to and 30 minutes from the light by boat. Must be a pretty substantial tour.
 
I love going by the different lighthouses in the bay and seeing the old "outhouses" that extend over the water. Can you imagine having to "do business" on that in the middle of the night in Jan/Feb with a nice, cold updraft???!!!

Hey "CarterCrew", nice Cat! Those 150's must give you a nice cruise speed. What speed do you do and what's your milage?

My cat's a 30-foot Motorcat. More set up for cruising. We've got twin Honda 50's. Cruise at 17 knots (20mph) and burn about 4gph.
 
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Dusty - you won't be able to take them inside though :D

They say to allow 3 hours including 30 min to and 30 minutes from the light by boat. Must be a pretty substantial tour.

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Yeah allow yourself 3 hours of not using any bathroom on the boat, in the lighthouse or on the way home! (taken from the website)

I would personally take my chances on Moon River making a circle around it while surfing the internet wirelessly looking at the interior pictures. (what is included for the $50/person?)

Glad they finally have it open, they originally targeted tours back in '04
 
Well lets see!! If we took Moon River your choices would be endless, with a 20 min ride out, since it is in Back Creek. Two heads two showers Big cooler (stocked) etc. If you came to the house---now that would be a 22 chap. bowrider,,,3min ride to light house, once again stocked cooler--water skiing--tubbing, however only a urinal. Coming from the medical business, we would have each urinal personalized!!
I think it will be a good experience for those taking the actual trip, and yes those cold winters must have been very cold. It gets a little rough out there, even on calm days with the boat traffic coming out of the south river and rounding the light to head north, and the others coming south for West river etc. I'm assuming they have a stable docking situation under there to get passengers on and off.
 
That area of the Bay is a bit dicey during the times they are talking about having tours. It's a very busy section.

The primary boat that takes pasengers out primary transportation now is a 36-foot Bay deadrise with an experienced captain who happens to be a great-grandson of a Thomas Point keeper.

And they have built a sturdy dock for loadiing/unloading. You can see some of the dock to left in the picture below.

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I love going by the different lighthouses in the bay and seeing the old "outhouses" that extend over the water. Can you imagine having to "do business" on that in the middle of the night in Jan/Feb with a nice, cold updraft???!!!

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Kurt - I have taken photos of every lighthouse on the water from Pooles Island to Cape Henry. :D Here's a shot showing the outhouse on Wolf Trap. Sure doesn't look too stable does it?

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Thanks for the compliments - we love our cat. I think I've seen yours. Did you buy it at Holiday Hill Marina back in 2006? There was one listed by a broker and slipped there for a while. I always wondered about the performance of twin 50's.

We generally cruise between 25 - 27 knots burning about 14-16 gph. We can go comfortably at 30 - 32 kts though if we want to get somewhere quick. Never have really fiddled with mpg numbers except to note that 20kts was a speed that got us 2 mpg. Ours is officially a 26' model but runs about 29' including platform and pulpit.
 
We actually bought her out of Florida, but I know the one you're talking about. I've been on that one as well. The owner keeps it on Kent Island I believe.

The 50's seem to be the best all-around compromise. I think the boat can be powered with as little as twin 25's if someone wants to make it a trawler. I have a friend in Florida with one that has twin 90's. I cruise 17 knots, he cruises 18. I top out at 21, he tops out at 28 (I think). I burn between 3-4 gph, he burns 8 or more. I'm happy with the 50's!

Your Glacier is built for speed and stability. They're great boats, and can handle just about anything "the Bay" can muster up. Ours is built for cruising and economy (I love that Glacier 34, but OUCH on the $$$). We can comfortably spend weeks at a time on this one. Heck, one owner just came back from 7 months in the Bahamas on one (his story: http://www.klutch-kargo.com).

With cats, it's sort of like the old Subaru slogan: "When you get it, you get it!"
 
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It gets a little rough out there, even on calm days with the boat traffic coming out of the south river and rounding the light to head north, and the others coming south for West river etc.
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You mean cutting before the light:)...yep, I'm one of those out of the South River too.

It sure is nice to see all the work they are doing to fix it up though.
 
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