Yes it is. One would think I would know what I am doing after that much time!
Maybe 14 years would be more appropriate … From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jim Watts via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 3:18 PM To: 1 CnC List Cc: Jim Watts Subject: Re: Stus-List Winter discussions - depth sounder offset 134 years is a lot of sailing time. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 21 December 2015 at 10:28, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: We always offset to show depth under the keel. For Nav purposes it is simple to add 6 feet but while sailing I don’t want to take that extra step of performing mental calculations when in skinny water. We spent 134 years sailing in a very shallow area where often the 0.5 was the number of feet under the keel. The channel entering and exiting the marina would also often read close to 0.0 so we would watch this closely to determine if we had to wait for more tide … Mike
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