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Save your running gear and don’t go here!
I read a concerning review prior to visiting this location with two other boats. We were three yachts, 40 feet, 41 feet, and 53 feet. I explicitly asked Greg, from the Yacht Club on the radio, If there were any underwater obstacles we should be concerned with, and he said no. He was there to guide us in on Friday, but he was not there to guide us out on Sunday. This part of the river is uncharted! I have Navionics, Garmin, and Raymarine. We followed the same track we took going in, and upon going out two out of three of us, the boat in front of me leading the way and myself, ran aground. The pile of gravel and stones is unmarked. This would’ve been on your port side leaving. Ironically, both boats damaged the starboard side propellor far worse than the port. This destroyed the rest of our cruise out. We had to cancel Sausalito and Saint Francis Yacht Club. We proceeded home on one engine at 8 mph, which took us 10 hours at the helm. My boat sustained both propellers damaged, and the boat leading the way also suffered both propellers damaged and a bent rudder. Whether or not the shafts are damaged is still yet to be determined. This occurred a few hundred feet from the dock. My yachting experience includes 32 years, Auxiliary Coast Guard Certified, blue water experience 10 times between San Francisco and as far South as Costa Rica and back, and 23 years navigating the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta. My current boat only drafts 2‘10“, and the tide was at 3.4 feet at the time of the incident. I have never been aground in my life, until now! The Diver that removed our propellers stated that we were not the first and won’t be the last. My mechanic said the same thing! Save your boat and STAY AWAY!