Wayne.B wrote in
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On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:49:23 -0500, Geoff Schultz
wrote:

We didn't take BlueJacket to Harbour Island. We were in Spanish Wells
and decided that it would be much easier and safer to hop the ferry and
spend the day there instead of moving BlueJacket there.

We went there the first time by way of the water taxi near the airport
on northern Eleuthera but returned later in our cruise with a pilot
from Spanish Wells. We compared the GPS track made by the pilot with
the recommended Explorer Chart track and found they matched almost
exactly so decided to go it on our own for the return trip. No
problems with that but conditions were ideal. One bonus from using
the pilot was a loaf of fresh baked bread from his wife! They take
very large supply boats over the same route so it's really not that
bad if you stay precisely on target and the weather is OK. Minimum
depth that we saw was in the range of 9 to 10 feet.

This is what our track line looked like on the CMAP Explorer chart:

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/7...landtracka.jpg

We had less than ideal weather (heavy overcast), and I was quite impressed
by all of the scars/tracks left on the bottom from the boats that frequent
that route! Considering that I have a 6' wide wing keel, I'm VERY
sensitive to shallow passages.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org