Suisun City To Dredge Silt From Waterway
By Ian Thompson | Daily Republic | March 17, 2008



SUISUN CITY - The accumulation of silt that has bedeviled larger boats in the Suisun Marina and in Whispering Bay will be dredged this fall, according to Suisun City's public works and recreation departments.

That is good news to larger boat owners such as Don Sefcik, who now has to wait for the tide to rise to tie up his boat near the Solano Yacht Club.

Sefcik recently attempted to berth his vessel during low tide only to discover 3 feet from the dock 'that the keel was in the mud and I had to wait for three hours until the tide went up.'

Buoys set out by the harbor master mark off the worst spots, and 'you are pretty safe if you stay in the center,' Sefick said.

Very low tides sometimes expose the mud in some spots near the public boat launch on Kellogg Street.

Suisun City is working with residents of Whispering Bay to dredge both locations at the same time so both the city and the Whispering Bay assessment district can make their money go farther.

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