Reminds me of the first time we went through Seymour Narrows with our radar on (on our first trips our boat didn't have radar). It was a clear day and as we were about a 1/4 mile from the narrowest part I glanced over at the radar display and noticed that a white fuzzy line extended across the water from bank to bank. I immediately yelled back at my wife that it looked like I had somehow misjudged the timing of slack-this being an area where currents can run 10+knts-and that we were fast approaching some severe overfalls and to hold on! As nervous as I was, I'm not sure why I didn't just turn around and re-figure the situation. Perhaps it was because the waters immediately around us seemed fine and that other boats were going ahead with out a problem. Ever closer we approached the point of doom with still no visual of the roughwater when it just disappeared from the screen. Looking back and up I finally noticed the run of highpower transmission lines crossing the
water from the top of the steep cliffs. In my defense, while this maybe common in other parts of the world, I had not run across it in the PNW. Every time since, whenever we go through the narrows, Patti is there to remind me to watchout for the falls.
Later, Tator
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Reminds me of the first time we went through Seymour Narrows with our radar on (on our first trips our boat didn't have radar). It was a clear day and as we were about a 1/4 mile from the narrowest part I glanced over at the radar display and noticed that a white fuzzy line extended across the water from bank to bank. I immediately yelled back at my wife that it looked like I had somehow misjudged the timing of slack-this being an area where currents can run 10+knts-and that we were fast approaching some severe overfalls and to hold on! As nervous as I was, I'm not sure why I didn't just turn around and re-figure the situation. Perhaps it was because the waters immediately around us seemed fine and that other boats were going ahead with out a problem. Ever closer we approached the point of doom with still no visual of the roughwater when it just disappeared from the screen. Looking back and up I finally noticed the run of highpower transmission lines crossing the
water from the top of the steep cliffs. In my defense, while this maybe common in other parts of the world, I had not run across it in the PNW. Every time since, whenever we go through the narrows, Patti is there to remind me to watchout for the falls.
Later, Tator
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