Depths of As Little as 4.5 Feet (MLW) Found on the AICW/Jekyll Creek Problem Stretch (St. M. 683) – Captains Mark and Diana Report
Our good friends, and SSECN strategic partners, Captains Mark and Diana Doyle, founders and owners of “On The Water ChartGuides” (http://www.onthewaterchartguides.com/), give us an updated, graphic report below, relaying what they discovered as they navigated through the Jekyll Creek section of the AICW, south of St. Simons Island and Brunswick, Georgia on 11/21/13! Note that the Doyle’s soundings were taken near high tide, so to calculate MLW depths, you must subtract 6.6 feet from their soundings depicted below. Applying this correction, Diana and Mark noted soundings of “4.5 to 5.5 feet at MLLW! CLEARLY all cruisers should transit this AICW Problem Stretch at mid to high tide!
Incidentally, Diana and Mark have recently published a new edition of their immensely popular “ICW CruiseGuide.” Click on the book graphic to the above left for more details, and to place an order!
Hi Claiborne,
As you said on our ICW Google Hangout with Wally Moran the other night, Jekyll Creek is yet another Georgia ICW Trouble Spot.
With depths as low as 4.5 to 5.5 feet MLLW, Diana and I wanted to share with SSECN readers the printable graphic below of our November 21st survey report and depth-annotated track.
Best,
Captains Mark & Diana Doyle
m/v Semi-Local
http://www.OnTheWaterChartGuides.com
Click Here To View the Cruisers’ Net’s “AICW Problem Stretches” Listing For Jekyll Creek
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To This AICW Problem Stretch
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