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Old 04-15-2014, 03:40 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by psneeld View Post
OK...reread post #1 and it did say about 20 minutes after the channel junction.

If the capt had no local knowledge then it would be a tossup between the two routes (though the magenta line does pass close to some shoals.) But if he checked Active Captain (and maybe other sources) the hazards do say that route is pretty much shoal closed.
This is a very confusing stretch indeed. The magenta line goes the southern route and my guess is that the gold square/triangle markers went the northern route. That means that the magenta line is incorrectly charted if the gold square/triangle assumption is correct. A local boater really should add a "confusing marker" notation on Active Captain at the very least.

I've seen people (sailboats mostly) who would drive over dry land if that is where the magenta line went. They're fixated on it when they should be paying attention to the marks and their sounder.
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