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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:17:56 +0200, Mike the Spamkiller
wrote:

With a power boat you sure have the speed to get home quickly. But
suppose you have engine failure and don´t want to drift ashore. And
water is too deep to anchor.

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That's a quandry for sure, but except for the most hostile coast lines
there is usually a zone of water shallow enough that your anchor can
grab. If not, you assume the nuclear attack position and kiss it
goodbye.

Like most of the Pacific Coast....




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On 12 Dec 2005 17:30:33 -0800, lid (Jonathan Ganz)
wrote:

Like most of the Pacific Coast....

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No continental shelf at all? Never realized that, guess I'll have to
cruise the west coast one of these days. I'm spoiled however by
having a decent inlet or harbor every 20 to 50 miles, sometimes less.

I met a couple last summer who had cruised south from the Pacific NW
to the Panama Canal in a Nordhavn trawler. They only stopped a couple
of times.