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Looks pretty close.

Someone shared a Navionics screenshot showing that it's charted there as well...

Quote from: O. Lyle on March 12, 2022, 09:38:45 PM
I draw 5.3

This omitted the rest of my post. Hit an obstruction @50 yards before marker 5. @15-20yards in the channel that dropped me from 5kt to zero. Dangerous. Depth showed @8ft at the time. Who do I report this to? Will have to haul out to check for damage.

I draw 5.3

I'd blow a fuse, but it's probably just a way to get the NYT some attention, so ********* them. 

Awesome!

Bee, the course marks appear to be in Tibet. I assume your coordinates for longitude were set to "E" rather than "W"?

Quote from: Bee on June 13, 2012, 09:10:40 AM
We made the front page of Sailing Anarchy.  Check it out.

Awesome!

A little late from the "Industry's ground-breaking news provider," but I imagine someone can find out what went down at the meeting this morning...

QuoteHouston Hosts Port Commission Special Meeting
Posted on Jun 11th, 2012

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will meet in special session today at 9 a.m. in the boardroom of the Port Authority Executive Building,111 East Loop North (Exit 29 off Loop 610) in Houston.

Staff will make a presentation on the current permit application to deepen and widen the Bayport Ship Channel, among other matters on the agenda.

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/06/11/usa-houston-hosts-port-commission-special-meeting/

Quote from: Bee on May 24, 2012, 12:50:04 PMPretty much what I came up with.  Now why in the hell would anyone want to do something like that to the most recreational part of the Bay?

I hear ya. The money they save by not having to cross the channel to dump can't be that much. If they looked forward even a few years, they'd realize that the silting and tide erosion maintenance is going to cost far more than whatever savings can be found now.

I wonder if they've done impact statements for tides and surges. At the proposed 3' below MLT, the chop is going to get nasty around that thing. Nothing like pulling out of HYC in to a line of breakers!

Quote from: lwisehou on May 24, 2012, 10:40:47 AM
HYC is ramping up the fight on several fronts. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8672589

To the average Joe in Houston, that story came off like a handful of residents and fancy, yacht club richies don't want their playground messed up. The PoH Director dropped all the right words ("we totally understand what the community wants", "we totally understand what the environmental agencies want", "beneficial", etc - That dude has politician written across his forehead). That's what people will hear. HYC is going to have to bring its A-Game if they want to be in this fight.

Wayne Dolcefino ran a story bashing the PoH today: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/13_undercover&id=8672576. That's the kind of ammo HYC needs. Amp up the citizens against the PoH for wasting their tax dollars and ruining everything they touch. Since this stuff is being reported now, it's a good time to run with it. Maybe he'll do a follow-up.

Take some reporters to the North Cut and let them smell what the spoils pile is cooking. When that proposed "marsh" ends up a few feet above the water line, Shoreacres is going to get a permanent whiff of something funky. I can see it now.. the prevailing S/SE breeze wafting over the new "Turd Island" on its way to cool off the residents ashore. YIKES!

I truly hope they don't dump spoils there. That would be really bad news.

If anyone wants to see what the proposal looks like on a map, I've plotted the coordinates in a KMZ file. It opens directly in to Google Earth or any other software that handles KMZ files.

http://ytrewq.com/misc/PoH_Bayport_Dredge.kmz

It really is a substantial amount of the bay up there!

I may finally make it up there this evening!

Still not ready to enter the Pearson, but I'll be shadowing you guys until I can.

@ChrisK: If I'm not at work, I'll try and make it! Thanks for the heads up!

@ChrisK
I hadn't thought of getting a mainsail cut down. A J/22 main may be a good candidate (slightly larger measurements) if I can find one that doesn't require draining the coin jar.

You're probably right about the #3. I'll run with it until I can build up a proper inventory.

I'll also look into the speaker series. Sounds like a great way to learn more about racing on Clear Lake. I haven't even attempted to sail on it for fear of running into stuff. Then again, everyone else seems to do okay out there.

For bay racing, I can be found crawling around foredeck aboard s/v Figaro. Wednesdays may have me giving Clear Lake a shot.

I appreciate the help and if you or anyone else has any ideas or advice, I'm all ears.

@ChrisK
I keep an eye on their site and eBay store.. just in case something pops up, but I really should stop by and take a peek.


@Charles
It's a Pearson 23'. Overall, it's in good shape, but I'm going to have to replace the plastic sheaves in most of the blocks (Schaefer) or find suitable replacements. (Most of which have different bolt patterns)

Sails are another matter... She's got a lightweight #1 (good shape), cruising #3 (not horrible) and an asymmetrical in a sock (good shape). The main is ugly and won't stand up to much abuse. It looks like it was left on the boom for a long time.

My sailing budget is weak, so I've been picking up items when and where I can. Having an oddball boat doesn't help much either.