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Default St. Augustine Local Knowledge, please

On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:59:45 -0400, "Flying Pig"
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We're going to be arriving in St. Augustine late next week (10th-ish).

What's the controlling depth on the inlet?


There is plenty of water in the inlet, at least 8 to 10 feet,
considerably more in most places, and the buoys are easy to spot.

Try to time your arrival for a flood tide. We've never had a problem
but have heard from others that the inlet can be dicey with a strong
easterly wind/swell against an ebb tide.

Here are a few of our track lines coming and going over the last
couple of years:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/794...stineinlet.jpg