"Marty" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

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Skippy would be better off going around Cape Fear with plenty of offing
rather than trying that yacht channel at night. It appears the winds are
nothing to be concerned about so the seas can't bee too bad. The only
advantage of transiting the shoal water through the channel might be a
little less current but depending upon the state of the tide there could
even be more current in the cut than going around the Frying Pan shoals.

I'd go outside at night and inside during the day.

I will defer to your local, (perhaps loco?) knowledge. Given modern nav
systems though, I really don't see to much issue with doing it at night,
tidal currents and those due the Gulf Stream would take precedence for me.

I refuse to take a chance, ever, on going aground when there's a safe,
viable alternative to taking the chance. One would never wish to go aground
on the Cape Fear shoals. It could cost you your boat. Not that they are hard
or rocky or anything like that but there's currents and tides thunder storms
and not much civilization or assistance around.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:05:53 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One would never wish to go aground
on the Cape Fear shoals. It could cost you your boat. Not that they are hard
or rocky or anything like that but there's currents and tides thunder storms
and not much civilization or assistance around.

That's all true but the channel is well marked with a couple of large
buoys that are exactly where the chart shows them to be. We've been
through there twice at night and had no problem. Adverse current
inside is about half that of going around the end, it's about 20 miles
shorter, and they've got nearly perfect weather tonight. Winds are
aft from the NE at 10 to 12 and seas are less than 3 ft, about as good
as it gets.

I'd definitely go outside in high winds or adverse visibility however.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:05:53 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One would never wish to go aground
on the Cape Fear shoals. It could cost you your boat. Not that they are hard
or rocky or anything like that but there's currents and tides thunder storms
and not much civilization or assistance around.

That's all true but the channel is well marked with a couple of large
buoys that are exactly where the chart shows them to be. We've been
through there twice at night and had no problem. Adverse current
inside is about half that of going around the end, it's about 20 miles
shorter, and they've got nearly perfect weather tonight. Winds are
aft from the NE at 10 to 12 and seas are less than 3 ft, about as good
as it gets.

I'd definitely go outside in high winds or adverse visibility however.


Looking his last data, I'm thinking he may be planning to go just inside
R12, 18 miles SE of the channel.

Cheers
Marty

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


I refuse to take a chance, ever, on going aground when there's a safe,
viable alternative to taking the chance. One would never wish to go
aground on the Cape Fear shoals. It could cost you your boat. Not that
they are hard or rocky or anything like that but there's currents and
tides thunder storms and not much civilization or assistance around.

It may be premature to decide where he's going, it'd still be just a
small change to port to go SE of the yacht channel, the chart I'm
looking at, 11520 seems to indicate he could expect six to eight fathoms
there.

Cheers
Martin

Wilbur Hubbard