thank you joe I hope he knew that but I do believe you can go 1/3 the distance between the 2 shores. But in all seriousness if you do buy a lot on the bay I will give you the info on how to dredge it. It is not as difficult to do as many think. There is a man who dredges in Holiday isle anyway he does all there dredging. If you need a seawall there is none better Olin Stanly (A&R construction ) I Think thats his company's name in Defuniak. He is the most reasonable and By God it will be done right. He has done most of the sea walls on Holiday isle. If you hire him don't plan on it taking him long because that Man and his crew work like there is no tomorrow. Now thats the Gods honest truth!!!!!