I've gone south in Barnegatt Bay a few times over the years but always chickened out. I only draw 3'5" and I hate that scraping sound on the sandy bottom. What really made me crazy in that area is they find 3 feet of water and put in channel markers and the 50 footers blow past on plane. They never slow down at all, else they would ground out permanently. I never considered the southern end of Barnegatt Bay to be navigable waters ... just my personal opinion. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:02 PM To: "Jim Elsevier" <captjim@rocketmail.com>, "Great Loop List" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: Re: GL: NJ-ICW With a single-engined trawler, you have a keel to provide at least a little protection for your prop and rudder. That protection is not present with two sets of propulsion and steering gear. * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** D C "Mac" Macdonald **