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Any good cruiser should be able to spot shoals...
In Response To: That's the essence of cruising in Maine ()
and avoid them... but it takes a focused eye... looking for hazards. Good charts help.
My suggestion regarding day marks is that hazards that are hit regularly and are in passages to harbors or marinas should be marked... either with a day mark or with a channel marker.
However Gail pointed out that there is a wider route just to the south, so perhaps that is one reason this unmarked route is overlooked... it is for "experienced locals" only... and a moment's distraction, well oops, too bad.
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- This rock has sunk some boats, including mine.
- Ouch... I'm guessing there will be a serious reduction in her $2.4 million asking price....
- It's marked and the crowd sourced data accurate
- Here is a picture of the latest....
- I don't think the rock has moved, digitally or otherwise, Jon.
- Here's the spot. It's a wide open heavily traveled path.
- While the boat appears to be built like a tank, the spar is questionable.
- Good info
- Why no day danger mark?
- There's a slightly wider route just to the south of there
- While the boat appears to be built like a tank, the spar is questionable.
- Here's the spot. It's a wide open heavily traveled path.
- It's marked and the crowd sourced data accurate
- Scuttlebutt is over, lips are sealed,... CG has started an investigation.
- Coming into our marina this evening..
- This thread reminds me of one of Don Street's yarns . . .
- Ouch... I'm guessing there will be a serious reduction in her $2.4 million asking price....