"otnmbrd" wrote in message
ink.net...
It's not so much you should use your charts with a "grain of salt", as you
need be aware that they are not perfect and if you have any doubts, you
should use ALL means at your disposal, especially the "Mark I eyeball".
If you see discolored water, obvious current swirls, disturbed wave
action, (to name some) in a particular area, or your wake changes and you
bog down ..... these are indications that something may not be as the
chart suggest, and it doesn't matter whether you're using GPS, celestial,
radar, etc., for your navigation, you may want to stop or reverse
direction till you can figure things out or find a better route.

otn

Got it...3AM blowing 35...12 foot seas...Check for the disturbed waves and
current swirls...yeah right. Watch the little birds...if they land it
probably is not deep.

Still at the old game otnmbrd? Would you really reverse course under those
conditions? Would you turn the boat across the wind?

Jim Donohue