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[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Gatto Nero

Maybe we should have a naming contest and petition to have the winning name printed on the next version on the Bizer chart.

Great Idea.

[GWC...]

How about:

FLL's playground

or

prop-be-gone zone

or

glacial speed bump zone

[Phantom]

Dave R ..... If the area is where I think your describing - You are indeed correct about the "hidden treasures" that exist. It is also a very family oriented & popular "sand bar" where we have anchored for numerous years now (unfortunatley getting more and more popular as MP occasionally cracks down on Braun Bay). Everyone I know refers to the area by one of two names ........ Patrician Shores (not technically accurate, but so be it) or Farrar Point.

It actually gets perversly funny to be anchored there.... our favorite spot.... and inevitably on a week-end someone passes by and you can just envision the converstion......... "Hey, look at all the boats anchored over there -- Let's go check it out honey" ......... WRONG !!

I am forever amazed at the number of boats that go through that minefield unscathed. As with Dave R, I have been out there numerous times on a jet ski to scout the area out. The all time best was when a good sized "cruiser" made it. Curious, I assisted this cruiser as it anchored at the sand bar .... asking politely if he comes here a lot -he responds "No, it's our first visit ....... (and so on)...... Your kidding, there are rocks out there". The moral I guess is even with all that fancy electronics --ya still have to turn it on and more importantly interpret what it's showing you. Personally, I like the reliable paper chart (and I do have a GPS aboard which is invaluable at nite).

Thus, as I posted in another thread ...... I am firmly convinced that there are way too many boaters out there "with an Angel on their shoulder"

[Gatto Nero]

Maybe we should call it Angle's Shoulder Shoals.

It was very typical, when I lived near there, to watch cruisers go through that area while headed to and from that sand bar on any given weekend. We all used to stand on the dock and watch in amazement as most made it through. Although none of us that knew the area would ever do what they did, we came to figure that they must either be very knowledgeable and confident in what they were doing or completely clueless and extremely lucky. I'm still not sure which is true.

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by Phantom

Dave R ..... Everyone I know refers to the area by one of two names ........ Patrician Shores (not technically accurate, but so be it) or Farrar Point.
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I've always known that area as Patrician Shores.

[Orion]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I've always known that area as Patrician Shores.

When we rafted there in my father's boat in the the early Sixties, it was known as Chapman Sands. Anyone else remember that name?

[Mr. Prop-B-Gone]

Originally Posted by GWC...

How about:

FLL's playground

or

prop-be-gone zone

or

glacial speed bump zone

Gosh! A year on the forum and already you guys are naming a section of the lake after me! A dubious honor to be sure, but I guess infamy is where you find it.......