That was quite the sequence of photos of a sailboat capsizing in the surf under the Golden Gate Bridge. I am curious to know what causes this particular surf break. Any locals who can shed some light on this? Is the water shallow right there, and deeper further out in the middle, where vessels of this sort would normally travel? How shallow is it? Or is it a standing wave effect, due to a tidal stream? One reason I would like to know is because it helps to understand this sort of thing, so I can really READ a chart, not just look at the pretty lines and markings. There is a story of a similar size vessel being knocked over on beam ends going to windward at the mouth of False Creek, in Vancouver, B.C.'s harbour, and sinking like that one did when pooped and capsized. Just like on a kayak, it helps if the hatches are in place when the water comes from above! Rob. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 06 2005 - 15:48:55 PDT
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