It’s a bit harder to get moving after being at a dock for 6 nights but we swept the cobwebs off and departed at about 11 for a short cruise down to Kenlake which is on the Tennessee River side of the Land Between the Lakes area. It is a perfect Fall day with a sunny blue sky and 67 degrees.
We passed coves that we had hiked to the past few days and were tempted to pull in to anchor but the lake level is now set for the winter pool and is 5-6 feet less at 354 feet above sea level. We did not want to go aground like some boats.
Bob Kangas lent us his 1990" Tennessee River Navigation Charts" where he had inscribed that he was on this very section of water on 10/17/90 and sailed the whole distance.
You have to follow the charts very carefully and stick to the magenta line. We called ahead to the Kenlake Marina and were advised to hug the channel buoys into the marina. We docked at about 1:15 and after lunch, we headed off to hike in the park. Since Bob fixed the outboard motor on the dinghy, we took it out for a spin and explored those shallow channels the safe way.
We passed coves that we had hiked to the past few days and were tempted to pull in to anchor but the lake level is now set for the winter pool and is 5-6 feet less at 354 feet above sea level. We did not want to go aground like some boats.
Bob Kangas lent us his 1990" Tennessee River Navigation Charts" where he had inscribed that he was on this very section of water on 10/17/90 and sailed the whole distance.
You have to follow the charts very carefully and stick to the magenta line. We called ahead to the Kenlake Marina and were advised to hug the channel buoys into the marina. We docked at about 1:15 and after lunch, we headed off to hike in the park. Since Bob fixed the outboard motor on the dinghy, we took it out for a spin and explored those shallow channels the safe way.
