There is a stuck partially submerged piling where Noisette creek ( Virginia Avenue boat landing) empties into the Cooper. It’s stuck and angled so any north bound boat could split a hull. I would say the obstruction is approx. 400 yds. north of Noisette creek and 200 yds. east of the Paper mill discharge. About 1 foot exposed on the minus low tide 05/04/16.
That ramp gets sketchier by the minute. Odds on when the trestle collapses or that bank completely falls in? I’m curious to see what the end result will be when the bank is completely gone.
We are so lucky to have such a great boat landing in North Charleston. I don’t believe I will see a good landing for NC in my lifetime.
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It does blow my mind that a county blessed with such beautiful resources is so devoid of decent landings. The few available are either packed or you have to fight through a flotilla of paddle boards and kayaks. Where are your local politicians? Of course if they are like ours in Columbia, they are just as dysfunctional.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
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Originally posted by DFreedomIt does blow my mind that a county blessed with such beautiful resources is so devoid of decent landings.
Shem, Remley’s, Wappoo, Folly, Firehouse, Limehouse, Garris, Cherry Point, the one at Duncan’s (don’t know the name) are all first rate landings. Why would you say we are “devoid of them”?
Not sure how many of those are in NORTH CHARLESTON. Remley’s and Wappoo are usually swamped as is Shem and you have to navigate around sups and kayaks to get out. If Garris has been dredged out then it is a good landing except no courtesy dock.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
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Originally posted by DFreedomNot sure how many of those are in NORTH CHARLESTON. Remley’s and Wappoo are usually swamped as is Shem and you have to navigate around sups and kayaks to get out. If Garris has been dredged out then it is a good landing except no courtesy dock.
You said the COUNTY ace. Every landing I named is in Charleston COUNTY. Packed and over crowded does not mean they aren’t nice landings. You said we don’t have nice facilities. Are you whining about the condition of the landings, the paddleboarders and kayakers, or the overcrowding?
Jeez dude give it a rest. You really are a piece of work. You go out of your way to be confrontational. I can certainly see why you were banned at one time. Don’t waste your time responding, I’m done with you ACE.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
Yes I do. But only to people who don’t have a clue what they are speaking of, but think they do. Keep on giving your, “I come to Charleston three times a year to fish and I live in Columbia advice”. It’s really a huge help.
I enjoy helping people on topics I’m familiar with. You should stick to your lol one liners and trailer grease topics
Hoppy, I think he is talking boat landing’s West of the Cooper. You must admit the city of North Charleston and Berkeley county suck as far as boat landings goes.
DJfreedom, lol. You are right. All u did was try to alert some of us that don’t know of the problem. Then u get the “common” instigators to troll your page to be confrontational, that’s why I stopped posting years ago. I thought stuff changed but it’s always the same stupid a s s e s all the time. Mark
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Good post Corkman, thank u Mark
If you don’t like it, oh well.
What he said - “It does blow my mind that a county blessed with such beautiful resources is so devoid of decent landings”
What I said - “Shem, Remley’s, Wappoo, Folly, Firehouse, Limehouse, Garris, Cherry Point, the one at Duncan’s (don’t know the name) are all first rate landings. Why would you say we are “devoid of them”?”
With regard to his statement, please tell me what I said in my reply that was untrue, condescending, or wrong. All I see in his statement was our county is “devoid of decent landings”. I just named off a bunch of landings that are indeed very nice facilities.
Hoppy- if you fished other places in this state you would realize quickly that the Tri county area is badly lacking in proper boat landings and facilities, other counties have bathrooms or port o lets at the landings, most have courtesy docks, they keep the landings dredged out and useable.
Sure we have a few landings scattered along the coastline- and you named them, but there should be many more.
Most of our landings are ran and maintained by Charleston county parks- one of the most profitable park systems in the nation- the money is there for upgrades and maintenance.
Other areas of the state have landings maintained by the power companies, take a trip to lake Murray and visit the landings to see what we should have here. Go to Beaufort and you’ll find bathrooms at all the landings, Georgetown also has bathrooms.
As a marine construction guy- I think every waterfront neighborhood should have a landing for that neighborhood and it should be put in by the developer when they start selling lots- that alone would take a lot of pressure off of the public landings. Why should the developer realize tremendous profits from exploiting our waterfront without bearing any responsibility for proper access.
you named 9 boat landings- 9 that have to support use by a million residents and many more visitors. think about that and ask yourself- where is all the tax money going?
The Cooper River is DEVOID of landings. There does that help?
NCFC - Closed
R. M. Hendricks - no dock, poor lighting, only usable for small boats, obstructions (as corkman pointed out), almost dry at low, trestle to navigate
Bushy - We all know about Bushys problems. It is now completely mud at low. Worse than ever.
Sorry this is a hot topic for me!!!
Increase in boaters mirrors the increase in cars on the road, and yet our access to the Cooper gets WORSE and WORSE!
WHO IS LISTENING???
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I agree our landings are ridiculously crowded, as is Charleston ridiculously crowded. Why we don’t have more, I can’t answer. But they would probably have to open a new landing a month to satisfy the crowds. I swear, sometimes I think about it, and when you look at the available land on the coast (I’ll digress from the river debate, b/c I don’t use them and aren’t familiar with the land there) I don’t know where they would go? Where are the amounts of land with deep water access available that would be needed? How much does deep water access land cost along with public access. If Remleys had nothing on it but trees, could you imagine how much that little of parcel of land would cost? Someone tell me where some state / county / town owned land with deep water and public access is where a landing could go? Anyone sitting on that kind of land is selling it to David Developer Moreover, no one wants their neighborhood being used for access to a public boat landing. I know I wouldn’t. So again, where would they go? I do like the idea of requiring waterfront neighborhoods to provide a launch for residents. Something akin to “No Launch - No Dock Permits”. That is really a brilliant idea!
As far as trash, you pack it in, you pack it out. The county shouldn’t be responcible for disposing of your boat trash. I can remember when our landings had trash cans but when the masses arrived they had to get rid of them. Once they were full people would continue to throw their garbage around them and there would be a five foot wide pile of trash on the ground around the receptacles. It would blow around and the landings were a nasty littered mess. I’m glad they are gone.
I don’t see the need to provide restrooms either. Pee before you get there. If there is $$ for restrooms, spend it on another launch lane or more parking spots.
And again, our county ain’t devoid of landings. We just don’t have enough.
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Originally posted by OptikerThe Cooper River is DEVOID of landings. There does that help?
NCFC - Closed
W. O. Thomas - no dock, poor lighting, only usable for small boats, obstructions (as corkman pointed out), almost dry at low, trestle to navigate</font id=“red”>
Bushy - We all know about Bushys problems. It is now completely mud at low. Worse than ever.Sorry this is a hot topic for me!!!
Increase in boaters mirrors the increase in cars on the road, and yet our access to the Cooper gets WORSE and WORSE!
WHO IS LISTENING???
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You must be thinking of a different Landing. The W.O. Thomas is at the end on Leeds Ave. Plenty of water, two docks and decent lighting. The only thing I don’t like are all the leach boats crowding the area w/o proper lighting, waiting to sink or break away and lay on the grass edge.
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You’re right, edited. I keep getting the names mixed up. I’m referring to the landing at Virginia Avenue
Hoppy I agree with you. The space for the landings is something that community planners must consider. Why haven’t they?
We need leadership.
I have often wondered what are the obstacles toward putting a nice public landing adjacent to the Cooper R Marina near the mouth of Shipyard creek. Perfect location. Undesirable real estate. Perhaps somewhere near the coal trestle also.
Speaking of Bushy park, I wonder why they didn’t leave that tributary as it is and build a bridge over it rather than the fresh/salt boundary. If that tributary were as it was, there would not be a silting problem. Anyway, thats “water under the bridge”
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Optiker -
Like I said I’m not familiar with the river areas so I hesitated to make a bold statement regarding those places. As have you, I’ve often wondered about near the Cooper River Marina. Also some of the river front on the Ashley along I-26 between Northbridge and Cooper River Bridge is barren and seems devoid of anything.
Just wait for SC to start spending you tax dollars on acey/duecy
bathrooms instead of rest rooms at boat ramps like the Shat heads in NC want .
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