Re: [Paddlewise] "Navigating Bremerton..."

Ralph,

         Thank you for your reply...

         The reason that I have been working so hard to read the darn 
chart, and make that arena at least work for me is that it would seem a 
good base to start my evaluation of conditions on.  Without that 
information-judging wind speed/direction, obstacles in the current path, 
etc... would to me, have no..."starting point" even for estimates of 
conditions.

         Your letter does point out the other variables that it's my intent 
to incorporate as I progress and I am grateful for that Ralph.

         With my put-in being only 10 minutes away-it would not be horrible 
to get there, evaluate what I see/hear, and put a trip off until a better 
day.  I still have my 2m ham rig in my truck and have all the NOAA freqs 
available to me, and of course intend to listen before I go.

         It is clear to me however, that Bremerton is not Pt. Defiance 
[where I had my FRIST lesson, with Nigel] and so should turn out to be at 
least a bit, safer for me eh?

         Thanks for your input Ralph,

                 Tom...

>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  Lots of such data is seriously out-of-date.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.

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