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Originally Posted by alaskadog  The main thing to remember is do not try to push your luck by coming thru if there are big seas. I know that high is a relative term but given the low power of most auxilliary engines on sailboats one should not try to make the pass if you can not keep control of the boat. Remember the dog leg to port. Seas from the east over 5 or 6 feet may be too much to handle for many boats. The tendency is that the strong current coming in on high easterly seas will push you toward the drying patch reef. The prevailing trade winds during the winter are out of the east or southeast and it is not unusual for seas to run high for several days. |
I went in there in 2004 and there was a really nice (Hans Christian, I think) boat hard up on the patch reef to starboard (north side). The cut, as I remember it, was big but at an angle from SE to NW. Is it still like that? We're hoping to get back down the end of next summer (just in time for hurricane season--great!)