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Default Adventures with an articulating rudder, (see warning before reading)

Eisboch wrote:
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:41:41 -0400, HK wrote:

Have fun running your barge downhill to Florida. Try not to run aground
too many times between the St. Mary's River and Daytona.
Real men and real boats run outside south of Beaufort, NC.

LTs should not try this at home.


Oh, you'll head in if the weather conditions are right. Bet on it.



Ribbing aside, you are correct, except only to find a safe harbor or marina
until the weather improves.

The ICW is not a desirable option in a larger boat south of the Carolinas,
until you get well south in Florida.

Eisboch



That's correct. It's especially interesting between Georgia and the St.
John's River, and from a few miles north of the St. Augustine seaplane
basin to the Lions' bridge. Not only is the ICW twisty, but if you
deviate a foot from the channel between the "stick" markers, why, you
might run aground.