Courtesy: Keller Bradfield
Credit: Desiree Beaudry
Bahia Marina is at the end of Bayshore Dr. in Ingleside on the Bay. The private facility is open to the public and is a favorite of ‘live-aboards’, people who live on board their boats year-round, many from outside the area. It’s also home to the popular Sunset Hideaway serving food, drinks, and featuring a spectacular water view. But a mounting issue of silt, much of it the property owner argues is the result of massive vessels passing by in the La Quinta Ship Channel, is exacerbating a navigation hazard that may soon make getting in and out of the marina impossible.
Credit: Desiree Beaudry
Naturally occurring organisms that grow on bulkheads and piers are covered in silt, just an example of the environmental impact large vessel wakes are having on Bahia Marina’s ecological inhabitants.
One of the typical tankers that routinely traverse the La Quinta Shipping Channel near Bahia Marina and the wake it produces, even with the support of tug to reach its destination. It’s a David v. Goliath scenario with Bradfield facing a gargantuan struggle to get the Port of Corpus Christi, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and anyone else to step up and help resolve the issue.
Courtesy: Keller Bradfield
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