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Old 08-26-2016, 02:13 PM   #16
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Default Channel definition?

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Originally Posted by ursa minor View Post
We saw a boat anchored in the middle of the channel near the Barber's Pole this past Sunday afternoon with at least 4 people swimming nearby.
Wikipedia defines a channel as "the dredged and marked lane of safe travel which a cognizant governmental entity guarantees to have a minimum depth across its specified minimum width to all vessels transiting a body of water".

I recognize this is a Wikipedia definition and may not be accurate, but I don't think the Barber's Pole passage qualifies as a channel since it is neither dredged nor does it have a marked lane. The Graveyard might be considered a channel since it is marked, but I don't think it is dredged.

Regardless, I think it's foolish to anchor in a place that obstructs traffic.
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