TomW wrote: > > Hi, > > Well? I did it! [I think/hope<g>] That area around the bridge I > mentioned? Near as I can tell, even at most forceful times [ for April it > looks like odd numbered weeks] current gets no stiffer than 3.7 x 0.7=2.59 > kts... I don't know the area you are speaking about but don't be lulled into any false sense of security from what you read about currents speed in a table. Those tables are really averages and samplings and so can be way off. Lots of such data is seriously out-of-date. PLUS, winds can wreak havoc with any such predictions. With winds you can get more effective current or worse yet, wind in opposition to current for very steep seas. Also wind blowing in from the ocean, depending on where you are, can bring in more water from the sea (again I don't know your location) meaning that currents are faster and tides higher under such circumstances. So, don't be surprised to find that currents are twice as strong on any given day or the turn of currents is not on the schedule of predictions shown in the tables. Lastly, you mention "bridge." Often water under bridges stack up since generally bridges are built from points of land sticking out into whatever body of water they cross (to lesson the distance the bridge has to span). Water moving in one direction or another gets squeezed into those areas and can be quite forceful depending on the size of the area that the water is coming from such as a large bay. So be aware of that too. I am not saying any of this is necessarily dangerous but it pays to know such things and to be prepared for major differences in how water may behave regardless of what tables say and from what you may casually observe. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 17 2000 - 02:43:15 PDT
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