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Originally Posted by skipmac
T............ One question, your OI41 only draws about 4.5' I think. What was the depth like from your recollection? OK for a deeper draft?
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My
draft is 4'3" and the most shallow location between Manasquan and Absecon Inlets is between the Point Pleasant
Canal and the Mantoloking Bridge with an area of soft mud at 4'6". Six feet of draft can be taken from Absecon Inlet to Barnegat Bay, but I would agree as Dave (Chef2sail) stated that the
passage is often narrow with shoals and swift currents. There is much skill involved in
ICW passages without grounding. When my wife and I first navigated the entire Atlantic
ICW in 1972 we ran aground thirteen times. Now that we've completed 21 passages of the ICW we very rarely come close to grounding.