Originally Posted by
Philpott
Of course, last year when Carliane and I sailed in Dura Mater I had failed to adequately prepare a strategy. What I mean by this, is that we focused more on grilled chicken and a white wine for dinner than on currents. A result of that failure was that we stayed put in one place in the channel for hours. Hours. That written, here is a tidbit from my favorite sailing book: "Currents in the Bonita Channel run north to south through most of the tide cycle... Currents ebb south to north for the two hours leading up to maximum ebb." Kimball Livingston. There is more, but you will have to buy the boat to read it yourself.