A Private Island

[Ian McColgin]

[Hunky Dory]

Not on weekends

[Vince Brennan]

"Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer..."


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[skuthorp]

In the bay I sail on there are several small volcanic islands, just sharp bunches of extruded lava with a bit of blown sand on top. Most of them submerge as the tide comes in but there is one where mangroves have gotten a foothold.

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

And there are exposed sand-bars up the channel south of Warneet, Jeff, where a tired kayaker can get out and stretch his legs when the head-wind gets a bit too much for him....

Mike

[skuthorp]

Some of those bars are more slurry than sand Mike, but I take along my Tirangia on day trips and love to brew up on a sand bar in the middle of nowhere. Once a group of us set up with table, lace cloth, china and silver on a bar just inside the rip. Attracted much interest but it was a hurried morning tea. I am finding that I prefer low tides to sail and paddle as they can be far more interesting, and perchance I do get stranded twixt mud and water I will float off soon enough.

[Wooden Boat Fittings]

Yes, the tides were the beauty of the Creek for me Jeff -- sailing in five feet of water one minute, and and then wading, pulling the boat, five feet above the water the next (seemingly).

Those sand-bars I mentioned are real enough though. The first time I tried Kareela's sailing rig out properly I had a following wind all the way from the Creek down past Warneet and then south down the full length of Chinaman Island and out into Bagge Harbour -- and then I had to paddle all the way home against both the northerly and an outgoing current.

I must say I'm a bit surprised you didn't do it properly and take the grand piano with you on that picnic, though....

[Robbie 2]

Up here in the BOI NZ there is a sandbank that usually has about a metre of water over it but during Spring tides is clear for a while.
Fullers Cruises has an annual cricket match on it against all other charter Co's each summer.

[willmarsh3]

Lake Guntersville has about a dozen islands. Some are more private than others. But all are TVA property AFAIK.

[David G]

Yes, the tides were the beauty of the Creek for me Jeff -- sailing in five feet of water one minute, and and then wading, pulling the boat, five feet above the water the next (seemingly).

Those sand-bars I mentioned are real enough though. The first time I tried Kareela's sailing rig out properly I had a following wind all the way from the Creek down past Warneet and then south down the full length of Chinaman Island and out into Bagge Harbour -- and then I had to paddle all the way home against both the northerly and an outgoing current.

I must say I'm a bit surprised you didn't do it properly and take the grand piano with you on that picnic, though....

He's a pragmatist. It'd be the Baby Grand, eh?

[purri]

Wedding Cake Island off Coogee (Bobroi) is like that though the swell and tides are "problematic".

[skuthorp]

He's a pragmatist. It'd be the Baby Grand, eh?

Would a thumb piano suffice? Hey, I know where I can borrow a lap piano.............


Maybe I can make one:
http://www.instructables.com/id/LAP-PIANO/

[sailoar]

Halfway between Oakland and San Francisco airports is San Bruno Shoal, just lapping your toes on a spring low tide. I'll take my honey there with a tea set and post a picture. This could be a new picture thread - Tea at Low Tide, kind of like the polar bear cap thing.

[gilberj]

There is a small magic when one lands on a new undiscovered land. When my kids were medium small say 3 to 12, we would make a point of going to little tidal islands. Each time it was a new discovery new creature in the tidal pools, new treasures in the sand or nestled in the rocks.

[hokiefan]

At the south end of Tybee Island, GA there is a string of sand bars. At low tide you can walk out 2 miles or so. Newbies forget that the tide range in Savannah is 6-9 feet. Those bars are quite wet come high tide.

Cheers,

Bobby

[trefor]

I grew up in SW Florida. As a kid, anytime my brother and/or cousin and I would get too talkative or unruly on the boat while fishing, our dads would dump us off on a small island for a few hours. It was pretty awesome, really. We'd find all kinds of animals, aquatic, land-based or in between. Plus a lot of lost fishing lures. Especially on islands with mangrove trees. We kept our tackle boxes well stocked that way.

Trevor