Re: [Paddlewise] Seeking info...

Darryl:
      A Google search will reveal a number of sources of information
about bar crossings, and boat handling in general. These sources are
intended obviously for motorized craft, but we can still learn from them.
[Thanks to Steve Holtzman for correctly listing one good source.]
Another location which is not technical is

http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/boathandling.html

      I'm not an expert on bar crossings in kayaks. However, there should be
similarities between kayak surfing, and kayak bar crossings. So the surfing
people could have some valuable input.
      I do know enough that bar crossings are inherently dangerous, and in
Oregon there have been numerous accidents while attempting to cross the
bar, involving fishing boats and experienced skippers, with concommitant
loss of property and human life. In short, I think a successful navigation
of a bar involves aspects of both skill and luck. Numerous skillful
skippers have eventually been unlucky.
      I'm sure Dave, Mark, Dewayne, Craig, etc. can offer more practical
advice.

Brad Crain

Quoting Darryl <Darryl.Johnson_at_sympatico.ca>:

> Could someone either provide, or point me to a source where I can
> read, a description of the dangers involved in paddling in and around
> river mouth "bars". (I think that is the correct name.)
>
> As a mainly inland water paddler, I have little knowledge of tides
> and currents, and I'd like to make myself more aware before I go
> south this winter to paddle some of the coastal waters of the eastern
> USA.
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