Please try to keep this on topic and only add specific hazard information?
Roger
***DISCLAIMER - this information below was posted last Fall, so may no longer be valid!***
Jim Wilson wrote:I was surfing and came up with this in a thread about hazards in Franks Tract. Check out the thread at www.boatered.com. Just enter Franks Tract in a forum search.
Here are the Latitudes and Longitudes of the duck blind wrecks on Franks Tract...AS THEY APPEAR IN MY GPS. These postions are approximate only. If you hit one it is not my fault. If you do hit one, you know who to call
First blind sunk in the 2003 hunting season
38 02.535
121 36.140
2004 Season
38 02.742
121 35.790
And Last years
38 03.025
121 35.381
The first two are almost never visible above the surface, but I believe they do pose a threat to props, shafts, ect. The most recent is very visible at all tides...currently.
Phil Delano
Vessel Assist/BoatU.S.
SF Bay & Delta
24 hour Salvage & Towing
Ken C. wrote:OK, so here's what hazards we have so far: (all in the format of Nxx xx.xxx / Wxx xx.xxx)
38 02.535 / 121 36.140 - Duck Blind
38 02.742 / 121 35.790 - Duck Blind
38 03.025 / 121 35.381 - Duck Blind
38 02.702 / 121 37.523 - Submerged Piling
Quantum_Kid wrote:I searched San Joaquin Delta hazards map on google and I found a pretty good site that is free. It is
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/i ... 0060030900
Search San Joaquin Delta and it should say something like Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta, CA Click on that and then scroll over to the Franks Tract area. When you get there, switch to Nautical Chart, and it gives you all of the depths, and shows the different hazards out there. Here is the link of what I am talking about–
http://mapserver.maptech.com/homepage/i ... ontype=DMS
Scott Trummer
Please do not use these numbers as gospel - this is what I read on my Lowrance Ifinder Pro handheld GPS I have not checked them with anything else, so use your head[/quote]Ken C. wrote:We went out last weekend and found:
38 02.911 / 121 38.659 submerged rock pile at Little Franks heading west from Piper Slough
38 02.911 / 121.38.666 another submerged rock pile at Little Franks heading west from Piper Slough.
I literally put my handheld GPS over the top of these two piles and took a 10X "averaged" reading on the position, so it should be close.
ken wrote:As R Brown requested, I would like to see some of the hazards in Sherman Lake. I remember some pictures of Leroy Bertelo's boat with the motor hanging of the transom that I believe happened in Sherman. My nautic path chip shows( with the cursor) a hazard at 38 07 .588 /122 00.650 . Also other hazards in Sherman adjacent to the Maberry entrance.
ken wrote:Here are a couple snags visable only at low tide on Franks.
38 03 606 121 35 491
38 03 569 121 35 516
twister wrote:There's a wreck in the middle of the county park located just out of Tower Park Marina. It's big and sharp don't know what it is but it put a good gash in my friend's tin boat before. This was at 5 mph as the speed limit permits. It's visible on low tide but is hidden on some higher tides. According to Maptech it's located:
38" 07' 21"N
121" 29' 25" W
VA_SF_BAY_DELTA wrote:Whem heading away from the 5 zone on Piper Slough, be sure to follow the left bank around that horse shoe bend...don't try to cut across Little Franks Tract.
MikeD wrote:didn't get GPS coordinates on these but here are a couple in the bottom of Mildreds. all coordinates guessed at by me looking at a map and doing a "aaaaaah, right abooouttt there".
1) on the south side in the levee break by the water ski area, on the left side about 10-15' out is a 8" branch/log that sits on its side at about 6" deep. you'll hit it at low tide if you try to go thru on the big motor at low water. I'd put it at about 37.58.3502, -121.31.6474. stay to the right going thru this cut because it gets less than a foot deep at 0 tide on the left side. all the cruisers go thru on the right/east side to avoid the shallow shelf on the left/west.
2) just east of that lower opening is a 1" pipe that sits about 10' off the shore, visible at low tide - (this one is a real WAG) 37.972525, -121.525753
3) further east down the shore there is a metal tower that sticks up out of the water, very visible at all tides - sits up about 5-6' out of the water. between that tower and the shore is a huge metal bucket from a very large backhoe that has the attachment flange sitting just under the surface at low tide. its not an area you'd be on plane at but if you are not paying attention you'll sacrifice some gelcoat
I'll get these coordinates tightened up next time thru.
Jason Wood wrote:Southeast corner by the islands that line Soundmound... Sunken barge that it tied up to the lone tree out there to the north... About 12" underwater at low tide... Pretty darn big too!!!
N 38 01 44.59
W 121 35 24.18
Otay Michael wrote:There were two rebars sticking up out of nowhere over by the exit out to False River from Russo's, to the right of the large island. They were bent over from being hit but I straightened one up (hard to bend in an aluminum boat, the boat moves more than the bar) so folks would have a better view before hitting it!
Those underwater rock islands over by 'the wall', for new folks, are really dangerous. I was amazed how big and unmarked they were. Mindblowing for a new boater hitting that with any speed, and you would because who would expect them so far out?