Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp

[Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>]

Jim,

We might get lucky here.  I think Vance was responding based upon 
information I sent him earlier in the week, which is true for the 
majority of boat ramp locations throughout the Ft. Pierce area.  When I 
looked at the known boat ramps at the time, I was only seeing low water 
depths of 2-3 feet.  Since the tide change is only about 2.5 feet in 
that area, it meant even high-tide was going to be a challenge for even 
a small sub.

However, I finally found a site that gives good descriptions of public 
boat ramps in the area.  Coupled with NOAA chart maps it looks like 
there is ONE place that we could definitely use to get into about 21-25 
feet of water within about 500 yards of the boat launch.  Another 500 
yards and there's a large area of 20+ feet of water that we could likely 
"rope off" with diver flags and have some fun in.

There's one other boat ramp within 500 yards of a large 20+ foot dive 
area which according to the web site has two "deep ramps", however the 
NOAA map is showing only 3 feet of water at low tide.  I don't know if 
5.5 feet of water at high tide is characterized by the locals as "deep 
water" or if possibly the NOAA chart is old and that ramp area has been 
dredged.  It would probably be a good idea to contact the harbor master, 
if there is one, and ask some direct questions about specific boat 
ramps.  I'll see if I can find a number for one if he/she exists.

I'm putting a web page together now with links, maps, and photos.  Then 
it will become more obvious what I am referring to.  However, since were 
talking about 500 yards to a potential dive site I suspect towing the 
sub there would not be unreasonable.

Let me finish up the web page and get some web references together, and 
we can talk about this some more.

Jon




vbra676539@aol.com wrote:
> I'll be back down there by the week-end, Jim. Will check, but I think 
> there ISN'T anywhere with six feet of water. I'm betting that 5' at 
> high tide is about all you can hope for.
> Vance
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kocpnt tds.net <kocpnt@tds.net>
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Sent: Sun, May 16, 2010 11:50 am
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fort Pierce - Boat Ramp
>
> Hi All,
>  
> Does anyone have or can you find out details about the ramp angle and 
> depth of the ramp at Fort  Pierce? What I really need to know is the 
> distance from the waters edge to the point where we have 6 feet of 
> water. It also of course needs to be concrete at that point.
>  
> Any help will be appreciated!
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Jim K




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