Only the keel drags … From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Burton via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 3:39 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Andrew Burton Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter discussions - depth sounder offset
Funny, for me time spent sailing is all too fleeting. But I suppose if I was sailing in waters where I had 6" under my keel, the days might seem to drag... Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Newport, RI On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: 134 years is a lot of sailing time. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 21 December 2015 at 10:28, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: We always offset to show depth under the keel. For Nav purposes it is simple to add 6 feet but while sailing I don’t want to take that extra step of performing mental calculations when in skinny water. We spent 134 years sailing in a very shallow area where often the 0.5 was the number of feet under the keel. The channel entering and exiting the marina would also often read close to 0.0 so we would watch this closely to determine if we had to wait for more tide … Mike _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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