September 2015 Solo Mission - Fishermans Shoals: By Vagabond Mar 2021

[Dobbs]

What I would give for a long fin keel! We have a 3'draft full keel. Grace doesn't back reliably at all, or at least I should say she has her own rules.

We were in forward while going through the cut. It was just that the bow was pointing the way that we'd come, not the way we were going. I figured that I could let the current sweep us along with only little nudges to maintain position. If need be, could bring the boat to a complete stop relative to the land by running the engine at full power in forward. If I had gone in facing with the current, we would have been traveling like a dart with no room to maneuver, practical reverse not being an option.