Chesapeake Bay-Knapps Narrows-Tilghman Island

[Sailor Parker]

Both sides of Knapps Narrows have shoaled to a depth of less than 5 feet  MLW. 

The Corps of Engineers has no date as to when dredging will ever take place.

The navigable channel is very narrow or non-existant and only persons with local knowledge can make it through. 

If you try to use this channel you will run aground.

[Robert Parker]

As an addendum  The Coast Guard has just changed R4 on the west side to a GREEN day marker to steer mariners away from the shoaling.  However, depths still remain

as low as three feet at low tide. 

[Sailor Parker]

On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:08:25 PM UTC-4, Sailor Parker wrote:

A second addendum.

In order to work around the shoaling the G5 marker has been designated as a "DANGER" marker.  G5 is now a can off the Tilghman Island Inn and R4 has been converted to G3. 

This is the Corps way of dealing with shoaling instead of dredging.