"JimC" wrote in message
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What would the shallow draft have to do with it?

Because if you have a 1.5-ft draft (with the dagger board pulled up), you
don't have to worry so much about staying in a channel (between the red
and green markers, or whatever). - You can temporarily pull over a few
feet outside the channel to a shallower portion of the waterway out of the
way of larger vessels with deeper drafts. As I said, I don't know the
exact layout of the situation you were in, so it may or may not have been
a factor in your situation. (Once more, it may or may not have been a
factor in your situation.) - But in some cases, larger boats are limited
to a marked channel or to sections of a waterway deep enough for their
deeper draft, whereas a shallow-draft boat can maneuver through shallower
sections and thereby skirt around or otherwise avoid deep-draft boats
heading down a channel. Or, it can simply edge along slowly for a few
minutes outside the channel until the other boats are gone. - Not the
safest thing to do, but if it gets you out of the way of a large, fast
boat that doesn't see you, it may be better than getting run over.

Jim

Why would I have my dagger board pulled up in storm conditions?


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