On 2 Jul 2010, at 12:05, roger_millin wrote:
> We were reading the river though. The shallows almost always had the
> smoother water surface and the deeper the more choppy. This worked
> well for us, in combination with the chart, except for the one
> exception described. There were other sections where I was aware
> that the depth wasn't good because the boat was working harder and
> making slower progress but these never slowed us to the point where
> we had any worries.
Last year on the tidal Trent, I took a leaf out of the book of one of
the tug skippers (as described in an article in one of the comics)
and kept an eye on my handheld GPS, sitting on the slide. If you see
your speed over the ground dropping off, you know you're leaving the
channel.
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All the best
Bruce
You don't ever finish building a boat, you just make a start...
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