I notice that the Navy site I used to check the Gulf Stream has disappeared.
Anyone have a URL for the weekly positions of the Gulf Stream?

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Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Sherwin Dubren" wrote in message
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The gulf stream is somewhat like a river in that it never stops flowing.
What does shift is the location of maximum current. Along the coast of
Florida it is at a low speed, increasing towards the Bahamas and then
falling
off again as you approach Easterly closer to the islands. If it is a calm
day,
you won't even notice the stream unless you take a Easterly heading to say
Bimini harbor
and watch your boat move Northeast. I have a slow 22 footer and will
steer a
somewhat
SouthEast course across the stream heading East, and although I start
somewhat
South of Bimini, I will usually hit Bimini right on the nose after a half
day
crossing.
If you have a GPS, you can check your 'course made good' and also see the
effects
of the current. If you have been crossing in high speed power boats, the
effects
of the stream would be much less noticeable, but still there.

Sherwin Dubren

JAXAshby wrote:

I been sailing for 46 years trying to find that elusive Gulph Streem.
It moves around ya know?

JAX

(anchorlt) wrote in message
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I have long wondered why some people appear to fear the Gulf Stream
and build such large myths and worse about crosssing it.

I have crossed the Stream, from north of Ft. Lauderdale, to the Banks
south of St. Isaacs Light on the way to Abacos and south, to Exumas,
Long Islaand and even further south, and north, to extreme NE Bahamas,
more than 30 times, all without incident or concern.

If you have a reasonably well founded boat with good navigation gear
and good charts, wait for weather window and then "Go," keeping a
sharp lookout for other boats and ships. (Ships travel near western
wall when headed south and near the eastern wall when headed north.)
Devils and other boat-eating monsters do not dwell in the Gulf Stream.

Gulf Stream is like any other waters with a moderately fluctuating
intensity of current. Be assured that if you are on a boat that is, in
all resoects, up to date, you will even enjoy the passage. And when
you first spot a Bahamian land mass on the distant horizon, you will
be pleased with yourself and your boat.