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Coast Guard rescue on Columbia River
Around 1/29/2006 9:20 AM, wrote:
It is true that some hazards are uncharted, but it's not as common as
people would like to believe. There's a midchannel rock in the San
Juans that claims or damages several boats a year. Invariably, the
skippers protest, "It isn't on the charts!"
Which rock are you thinking of?
Charts and local knowledge are both requisites, but I'd add a third:
Keeping a sharp watch. I know, "duh," but someone has to say it.
A couple years ago, if it weren't for a combination of all three, I
would have nailed the unnamed rock outside the entrance to Fisherman Bay
(dubbed Tepee rock in "Gunkholing"). This despite the fact that I *knew*
it was there; I swear, it must have moved further out from shore just
that one year... 
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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame
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