As the inlet to New Smyrna to that list of to interesting for words inlets on the East Coast Fla coast..
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Philip Lange <[email protected] > wrote: > St Augistine is my least favorite inlet. I have been in and out half a > dozen times. Your depth sounder may not work because of the turbulence, > giving you false readings all over the map. When you are bouncing > around on the swells the ATONs do not appear to have any clear pattern > and can be confusing. The inlet channel shifts and changes. Fall, > Winter and Spring are the times of greatest change. In Winter and Spring > it hooks toward the South, in Summer, North. What was good last month > may not be so after a strong blow or a Hurricane passes off shore. I > lived there for ten years - my "local knowledge" would be: avoid it in > a blow and when the current is running fast, there are better inlets to > the north and south, In calm weather follow a loaded shrimper and don't > cut any corners. > > Could be I am overly cautious, (I came close to winding up in the surf > once - not in St A), but it's a place where you can get into trouble > fast. > Philip > > On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 21:59 -0400, Flying Pig wrote: > > We're going to be arriving in St. Augustine late next week (10th-ish). > > > > What's the controlling depth on the inlet? > > > > Thanks. > > > > L8R > > -- > Philip Lange AE4OV > USSV ORYOKI > Edenton, NC > There is no sense in having a plan if you're not going to pretend to follow > it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the Yorkshire terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, however, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk briefly and place it in a warm oven for 40 minutes. Let it stand for 2 hours before icing.
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