Found this 10y old vid of a Beaver playing swamp buggy. Interesting. One of the pax must have had to poop really bad.

Oh SH!T! Well, guess I may as well say...been there...done that. Not in a heavy Beaver though. Luckily in a lighter weight Champ. Exited the plane and got a bit of weight out to get it off the buried muck. I was waist deep in the crap. Ahhh, the memories. LOL

Definitely a “Hold my beer watch this.” moment....

Quick way to scrape the barnacles off.

Seems this is SOP in Mill Valley / Sausalito? Think there are a few pilots on here who have worked for the operator who could comment?

Matt 7GCBC wrote:Seems this is SOP in Mill Valley / Sausalito? Think there are a few pilots on here who have worked for the operator who could comment?

Is that Sausalito in the video?

Personally i would hate having to deal with tides and mud. *shivers*

Based on the grooved tracks in the mud this is a pretty common occurrence. Maybe it's time to dig a channel to the dock, or extend the dock to the low water level...

Looks like rolling up in the mud works just fine

Yes, that is the seaplane base in Sausalito. That was standard for operating out of there when I did it about 15 years ago, pretty fun. Once you selected a set of ruts you were just along for the ride!