mvweebles
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- Mar 21, 2019
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Weebles
- Vessel Make
- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Just snapped these. 1-1/2 nms from shore. My general daytime strategy on this coast is to set waypoints about 1-1/2 nms from points. So rarely closer than that, often greater as land bends. At night, will drift offshore a few miles. We will hit entrance to San Diego around 9pm so several hours after dark. Right now, we have a little over 0.25 kt of current against.Nice. Will the entire trip be that close to shore? How close is that?
Beautiful!
Very cool cruising that close to shore. I guess it’s plenty deep out there.
Edit: just looked at a chart. Over 200’ deep at 1.5 miles offshore? Wow!
I admit I was way too arrogant before moving to Florida. As many know on this forum, I used to deliver along this coast. Long runs - there are no real stops on today's run of 75 nms.
Then I moved to Florida 15 years ago. Man, was I wrong about thinking Florida waters were docile. Several years ago I was on a friend's boat with open props and transited a stretch of the ICW called "The Miserable Mile." Scared the crap out of me. Also took me a long time to get the hang of ATONs in the ICW.
I guess that's the cool part of boats. Always something to learn.
Coronado Islands off Port side.
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