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Boaters travelling in to the slips around Oriental’s harbor may not be touching bottom as they have in recent years. Thanks to a dredging crew that has been at work for the past week, there should be 6 feet of water to float in at Oriental Yacht Club, Oriental Marina and at the Town Dock.

Dredger with a full barge of bottom spoil taken from slips and waters near Oriental Yacht Club.

The dredging crew scooped out 100 cubic yards — literally a bargeload — from the area around the Town Dock alone. This is what 100 cubic yards of muck looks like

The dump trucks have made dozens of runs to fields nearby that wanted the spoil for soil

The owners of the OYC and the Oriental Marina and the Town of Oriental, which owns the Town Dock, paid to have the years of sediment taken away.

The yellow flexor arm and bucket has become a familiar sight in the harbor as Eric Pake of Beaufort and his crew first scoop the oozing sludge on to the barge, and then in to waiting dump trucks.

In addition to the sediment lifted from the waters near the Town Dock, Pake says he took about 7 bargeloads of spoil from the Oriental Marina, which faces the Town Dock, and 9-1/2 bargeloads from the OYC.

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Posted Monday January 14, 2008 by Melinda Penkava