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Originally Posted by anticd70
Would it be frowned upon if I were to anchor my pontoon boat outside of the buoys at Carry Beach and then take the family ashore on a 3 person inflatable raft (no motor)? Thanks!
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Just aim your pontoon boat dead-center to the beach, putt-putt in, and you'll miss the boulders and the markers. The bottom there is a mix of rocks and sand. With a pontoon boat, you'll want 7:1 scope on the anchor rode, but don't anchor where changing winds could "sail" your boat to block others' navigational view of the markers. Blocking the
navigational view of the Carry Beach buoys is another consideration.
• To the right (SE) of all the buoys, there's a space about 20-feet wide to the South
on the beach. Kayakers launch there—
sometimes, six at a time—but there's room to store your inflatable out of the way.
• Interesting snorkeling/diving item: on the bottom, to your left, in about 15-feet of clear water, is a sunken wooden rowboat—filled with rocks.
• Keep an eye to the NW:
Cumulo-ominous clouds build up afternoons in easy view from Carry Beach. Operating an inflatable against a strong NW wind wouldn't be fun!
• A caution: Use sun screen and towel-off
all water droplets immediately upon leaving the water. With the "right" (NW) winds, the shallows of Carry Beach readily concentrate "Duck-Itch"
cercaria! 
• While you're at Carry Beach, be sure to bring your camera:
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