Yesterday afternoon we decided to go over to the boat and take it out ie motor (as you will see why) and chart the buoy marked channel. Unfortunately I had to scale out to get the entire image in one so detail is lost :cry:. I had checked the weather before leaving and saw that the seas were suppose to be building to 2 meters (6ft). I actually did not expect that to be the case right on shore( another dummy moment).
Well filled the water tank checked the bilge and the other checklist items and we where off. I am amazed at the honda ( it finally seems to be running perfectly ). I had the throttle barely past the start location and it pushed us along at nearly 5 knots according to gps.
The area where the text is all jambed together is the contentious one lol as the water depth there is barely 4 feet at low tide and if any waves less. Thankfully it is sand in there.
Anyhow got out to the fantail as I call it and decided that NO WAY as the incoming swell was a meter and building. It might not have been such a big issue had the crest to crest been several boat lengths but in fact was only about 10 feet
. Privateer rode up and thru them well enough but we were still in somewhat protected water and I could see breakers on the bar out at the mouth of the inlet and to the southwest. I got her turned and we headed back in again. Needless to say she handled much differently with the waves astern , but not terribly so. Then about a quarter of the way back the wind died out and those pesky little black flies were out every where. We couldn't get away from them :cussing:. We timed our selves going out and it was 55 minutes from the dock out to where we turned around so as figured its about an even hour out the the outside buoys marking the entrance.
OK I made a second jpg showing the inside leg scaled out to show the difference between what the CM-93 chart as well as our 2012 CHS paper chart shows relative to what the 'reality' is. Thankfully we have a swing keel and are not totally dependent upon the tides to come and go.
Brina
Well filled the water tank checked the bilge and the other checklist items and we where off. I am amazed at the honda ( it finally seems to be running perfectly ). I had the throttle barely past the start location and it pushed us along at nearly 5 knots according to gps.
The area where the text is all jambed together is the contentious one lol as the water depth there is barely 4 feet at low tide and if any waves less. Thankfully it is sand in there.
Anyhow got out to the fantail as I call it and decided that NO WAY as the incoming swell was a meter and building. It might not have been such a big issue had the crest to crest been several boat lengths but in fact was only about 10 feet
. Privateer rode up and thru them well enough but we were still in somewhat protected water and I could see breakers on the bar out at the mouth of the inlet and to the southwest. I got her turned and we headed back in again. Needless to say she handled much differently with the waves astern , but not terribly so. Then about a quarter of the way back the wind died out and those pesky little black flies were out every where. We couldn't get away from them :cussing:. We timed our selves going out and it was 55 minutes from the dock out to where we turned around so as figured its about an even hour out the the outside buoys marking the entrance.OK I made a second jpg showing the inside leg scaled out to show the difference between what the CM-93 chart as well as our 2012 CHS paper chart shows relative to what the 'reality' is. Thankfully we have a swing keel and are not totally dependent upon the tides to come and go
. Brina
