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Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-11-2015, 09:51
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Posted By zboss
Re: St.Augustine Inlet - Opinions

Yeah, people get in through the inlet, think they are safe, and let their guard down. Next thing they know they are 20 feet from the rock seawall and aground.

Making this inlet more confusing is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 05-11-2015, 10:11
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Posted By zboss
Re: St.Augustine Inlet - Opinions

Yes, its called a hydraulic current I think? The city dock is a calculation that NOAA makes to predict the tide levels, there are only a few buoys they actually have tide data from.

It really is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-11-2015, 19:45
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Posted By zboss
Re: St.Augustine Inlet - Opinions

The correct terminology is slack water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_water

For example, at the St. Augustine City dock the slack water occurs about 35 to 40 minutes after the low or high...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-11-2015, 13:17
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Posted By zboss
Re: St.Augustine Inlet - Opinions

The navigation problem is not mainly the shoals or the buoys (which BTW - there are several off station right now) - there is plenty of depth for the most part. Its the fast current that winds its...
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