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Default Steel v aluminum prop?
On 7/31/2014 8:27 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:14:21 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:46:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Why is that Wayne? Deterioration from salt?

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Thin water; inaccurate charts; jumping rocks; operator error; etc.,
etc.

As Greg so succinctly put it, South West Florida is a place where the
bottom can be very close to the top and vice versa.


This is the chart for my patch

http://gfretwell.com/aerials/baychart.jpg

Those depths are in feet

It looks like this at low tide

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Low%20tide%...0the%20bay.jpg

This was shot at the mouth of the Estero River, looking south.


Why take a boat? Just walk.


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