Thanks very much for watching - yes, solo sailing, which can be challenging, but also exhilarating! That anchorage in the Berry islands was about 6' at low tide, I think.
You are absolutely correct about people that anchor in their powerboat, using their GPS station keeping function, in the middle of what effectively is a channel. I think what you referred to as the “maroon line”. Once I was in the middle of Biscayne Bay in a horrible rainstorm restricting, visibility down to basically nothing doing race tracks from the east next to Key Biscayne side to the west next to Coconut Grove side waiting for the rain to subside. There was as you properly called them a moron in a 35ish foot center cockpit, sitting straight in the middle of where the channel is for the ICW Holding his position there with his GPS autopilot station keeping. With the extremely reduced visibility I barely saw him right before my sailboat collided with him. Thankfully, we cleared free. Why are such power boaters always morons? Well, unless they have a commercial USCG 200 gross ton captain on the boat anyway.
poor visibility, in restricted water, its a nightmare, especially somewhere as busy as Biscayne Bay, must have been a shocking experience, glad you got away.
Great video! I take it your solo sailing? And how deep was that first anchorage? Have fun!!
Thanks very much for watching - yes, solo sailing, which can be challenging, but also exhilarating! That anchorage in the Berry islands was about 6' at low tide, I think.
You are absolutely correct about people that anchor in their powerboat, using their GPS station keeping function, in the middle of what effectively is a channel. I think what you referred to as the “maroon line”. Once I was in the middle of Biscayne Bay in a horrible rainstorm restricting, visibility down to basically nothing doing race tracks from the east next to Key Biscayne side to the west next to Coconut Grove side waiting for the rain to subside. There was as you properly called them a moron in a 35ish foot center cockpit, sitting straight in the middle of where the channel is for the ICW Holding his position there with his GPS autopilot station keeping. With the extremely reduced visibility I barely saw him right before my sailboat collided with him. Thankfully, we cleared free. Why are such power boaters always morons? Well, unless they have a commercial USCG 200 gross ton captain on the boat anyway.
poor visibility, in restricted water, its a nightmare, especially somewhere as busy as Biscayne Bay, must have been a shocking experience, glad you got away.
And thank God for AIS. Among other reasons… Once you know the name of the idiots, you can avoid them.