 Oyster Gardening
Have you ever thought of becoming an oyster gardener for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation? Don't have a home on the watefront....or you live to far up the river for the CBF to accept oysters?....Not a problem. We have had the gracious support and encouragement of Haven Harbour Marina. We grow our oysters behind the Deborah Gail, right in the slip.
Jerry and I have been oyster gardeners for several years. Every September we drive to St. Michaels or Annapolis and pick up our spat...which look like tiny dishes on old shells. Then we put them in cages that we made at our orientation several years ago, and suspend them from the dock, behind our boat. We check on them occasionally during the winter, but there is not much to actually do. In June, we return them, so they can go out on a reef and multiply. In any given year, we have returned from 1200-3000 oysters. We have even gone out on special boats with CBF to deposit the new oysters on a reef in the Severn.
We have found it fun, easy...and a way to pay back the Bay. CBF is always looking for more gardeners, so we hope more of our fellow slipholders at Haven will become participants. The information you need to sign up...as a new gardener is at http://www.cbf.org/page.aspx?pid=394. If you have cages and already took the training in the past....sign up at http://www.cbf.org/page.aspx?pid=395.
-- Lin & Jerry Goldkrantz, Deborah Gail, Blue 32,
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Have you heard the news about Red Dock?
It's true; we are finally going to replace Red Dock with a state-of-the-art floating dock! After we remove the existing fixed pier and pull all the pilings, we plan to dredge the entire area to 6.5' MLW. We will then install about 70 slips, mostly 45' and 50' select slips with full-length finger piers. We'll have a few 40' and 30' slips as well. All the new finger piers will be stable 4' wide structures that will stand about 20" above the water. We also plan both tie pilings between each finger pier and midship pilings for spring lines. There will be a fair demand for these prime slips, so if you are interested in moving to a floating dock, please email, call or simply stop by the marina office to speak with Jonathan Jones at your earliest convenience.
We plan to position the piers and dredge to allow a minimum of 1 1/2 times the length of the slip for maneuverability in front of the slip. Each slip will be serviced by a new cast aluminum lighthouse style pedestal with ball valves for freshwater and two 30 amp receptacles and two 50 amp receptacles. We'll have 3 phase current brought to the docks and 1200 amps should supply plenty of power, even for the hottest days of the year. We are finalizing the drawings for the new dock this week, so we should be able to post the new floating dock layout in the upcoming weeks.
Haven Harbour announces its management of a new Inn in Rock Hall
The High Tide Inn is now taking reservations. The Inn is open to slip renters, marina guests and the general public. The Inn offers guests all the resort amenities of Haven Harbour and is within easy walking distance of the marina.
To learn more visit the High Tide Inn.
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