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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:16:54 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Marty" wrote in message
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Marty wrote:
Marty wrote:
Marty wrote:
Two meter troll wrote:

dont know what he's doing; if he's headed in nags head would be a
favorite. in his path and the air station there has good places to
drop the hook. not only that but its sure better than the mud hole.


Looks like maybe he's heading for Ocean City inlet?


How about Tom's Cove? I don't have a detailed chart, is it deep
enough
there?

Belay that, just downloaded the chart, no where near enough water in
there!


Ocean City doesn't look to good either!

Where the hell is he going?


Seems odd that's he's backtracking like that. Why backtrack? If he wanted
to
get to shore when he first changed course, Chesapeake Bay would have been
the logical choice.

Wilbur Hubbard

Skip often makes unusual meandering course changes that make little
sense to onlookers. It's even possible that he is just killing time
until morning, because it would have been dark by the time he reached
the Chesapeake Bay and he doesn't want to attempt it at night.


He was far enough offshore that, with the 15knot NW wind forecast in that
area, he could have beat straight into Chesapeake bay at about 5-6 knots and
would not have arrived there until by about mid-morning. He doesn't need to
kill time by going NW.

Besides, he made no mention of a stop in Chesapeake Bay in his float plan. .
..

"We're going from Sandy Hook, NJ, to Miami, preferably in one
jump. Barring last minute warnings against it, we're leaving
Wednesday Oct. 1, PM.


"Based on the recommendations from Chris Parker, our weather
consultant, for favorable winds and seas, we'll go on a rhumb
line, the outward curve through Barnegat Bay excepted, from Sandy Hook
NJ to Cape Hatteras, the first large jump being about 330 miles. We'll
avoid, as much as possible any adverse current as seen on these two
sites:
https://oceanography.navy.mil/legacy...c.pl/metoc/223...
and /32, plus http://rads.tudelft.nl/gulfstream/, as our course will
take us close to the Gulf Stream edge."

According to those current maps, if the current was closer inshore than
shown he perhaps is reducing his offing so to avoid the adverse current.

Wilbur Hubbard






Wilbur Hubbard