Six Pack Current Down a marker

Gilligan · 09-09-2009, 11:02 PM

I probably should know this but where exactly is Six Pack?

Dave R · 09-10-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gilligan

I probably should know this but where exactly is Six Pack?

At the easternmost point of Long Island, accross from Little Whortleberry

SIKSUKR · 09-10-2009, 12:18 PM

The good thing is there are not any known rocks in that section,just water depth lower than 6 ft.

Sue Doe-Nym · 09-11-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

At the easternmost point of Long Island, accross from Little Whortleberry

Is not this also known as the Little Graveyard? If so, there are some impressive rocks if one strays out of the channel.

Dave R · 09-12-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sue Doe-Nym

Is not this also known as the Little Graveyard? If so, there are some impressive rocks if one strays out of the channel.

I dunno, I've never ventured outside the channel to find out and I ahve never seen any lurking near there. I know the Graveyard is rocky, I can recall seeing them plain as day from the fly bridge of my parent's boat when I was a kid.

KTO · 09-12-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

I dunno, I've never ventured outside the channel to find out and I ahve never seen any lurking near there. I know the Graveyard is rocky, I can recall seeing them plain as day from the fly bridge of my parent's boat when I was a kid.

I've taken the jet ski on the "wrong" side of the reds before, and all it seems to be is just shallowness, as far as I could tell. Not even significantly shallow at most times of the year, somewhat like what the very southern point of these markers is (Gets as low as 5 feet).

tis · 09-12-2009, 05:38 PM

I didn't realize that area was called Six Pack either. Do you know why?
We were there last Sunday and noticed the buoy missing. That is where we hit late in the season several years ago, damaging the prop. We were inside the marker but I guess with the water down, you had to stay well away from it.
In front of Hurricane Island, it is very rocky. I would not want to try to access it from that side. It would be an obstacle course!

Dave R · 09-12-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

I didn't realize that area was called Six Pack either. Do you know why?

I am not positive, but I think it's simply because the markers look just like a six pack, as viewed from above, on the Duncan chart.

SIKSUKR · 09-14-2009, 09:43 AM

Yup,the channel markers are aligned 3x3,just like a six pack.Looking at bizer's map,there are no rocks showing if you navigated by the next(middle) red marker.One is shown off of the eastern side of Hurricane which id marked by the middle marker.Even the 3 black markers that mark the southwest side of the channel don't show any rocks up to LI.

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SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Yup,the channel markers are aligned 3x3,just like a six pack.Looking at bizer's map,there are no rocks showing if you navigated by the next(middle) red marker.One is shown off of the eastern side of Hurricane which id marked by the middle marker.Even the 3 black markers that mark the southwest side of the channel don't show any rocks up to LI. __________________ SIKSUKR

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tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,741 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,458 Times in 1,015 Posts	I didn't realize that area was called Six Pack either. Do you know why? We were there last Sunday and noticed the buoy missing. That is where we hit late in the season several years ago, damaging the prop. We were inside the marker but I guess with the water down, you had to stay well away from it. In front of Hurricane Island, it is very rocky. I would not want to try to access it from that side. It would be an obstacle course!