Richard Mitchell wrote: > We camped on the lee side of the > cays and enjoyed the relative calm. But the situation was also > sobering. We put small bread crumbs on the shore line to feed > little fish for our daughters amusement. Occasionally a small > crumb would be blown away to the west, and then drift and drift > until out of sight. We noticed that a quarter to half a mile > from > shore the wind stiffened. A boat that capsized or lost > directional control would drift in the wind like those bread > crumbs for literally hundreds of miles. Nice illustration of the dangers of the "calm" lee side of islands. Inexperienced boater puts on in sheltered bay, paddles out to the edge of the wind shadow feeling totally safe. Suddenly finds him/herself getting blown away from the island at a good clip. Scary times. I guess I misread Richard's post the first time. I was going to compliment him on his eyesight at being able to see a breadcrumb 1/4 to 1/2 a mile offshore. Steve -- Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes, you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 29 1999 - 06:58:03 PST
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