Re: [Paddlewise] Tides & Currents

From: Richard Strickland <rstrix_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:36:46 -0800 (PST)
> Here abouts in the San Francisco Bay Area there are a number of
paddles
> easily done "against" the current. We use the reversal currents
behind the
> points to push us along. Then scoot around the points and into the
opposing
> currents, and pop back into the reversals.
> The key is knowing local conditions.

True fact, Barbara, in the San Juans as well as that other San. Using
hte back eddies was how I saved my tush when I misread the currents in
the "greener" days I referred to.

Richard in Seattle

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