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Davy J
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Initially Posted - 04/20/2011 :  07:33:09  Show Profile
We left Point Blanco and motored through Boca Grande Pass on Monday morning. Using the short cut along the beach we had 8'-10' of water all the way through. However, it is still a heart rate raising experience. We then motor-sailed eleven hours to Longboat Pass.

Longboat Pass became the most frightening part of the whole trip. We arrived at about 7:00pm. Using the newest chart I have, and following the GPS, we took down the sails and motored to the first marker "LP". Lined up to the next red marker on right and the only other marker, a green to port. As we made our way in, a power boat passed us far to starboard. My wife asked why he was over that far. At about that time I noticed the waves were looking quite different, steep and breaking. I said, because he knows something we don't. The keel touched the bottom, and I knew we were in a shoal with breaking waves. The wife grabbed the keel winch and started cranking, I made a hard right to starboard where the powerboat had previously been. After a lot of rocking and rolling we made it to the deeper water. If I had a fixed keel things could've turned out very differently.

Anyhow, if you are going to pass through Longboat Pass, I suggest you wait for a local boat to go in and then follow it through.

Also, it looked like there was some dredging equipment on the southwest side of the bridge, so hopefully they are working to fix it.
Davy J


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DaveR
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 :  09:46:39  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Definitely looks like one of those "you better know where you're going" inlets! Glad you made it OK!
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 :  14:29:00  Show Profile
Sorry for the crude edit, but the shoaling is circled. Also, I indicated the markers as shown on the chart.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 :  16:00:57  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Almost looks like you could have hugged the beach as you were heading SE judging by the color of the water. Looks like a lot of surf if you'd gone straight out, but almost as much going SE. Glad you guys were able to get your keel up and get un-stuck.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 :  16:20:24  Show Profile
The deep water for most of the passes along the Florida Gulf coast doesn't run due west as you leave the pass. It runs southwest. Generally, the water is shoaling to the north and west of the pass.
Longboat Pass is that way, as you can see in the photo, as is Little Sarasota Pass, Big Sarasota Pass, Stump's Pass and Venice Inlet.
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 04/21/2011 :  08:35:27  Show Profile
The charts for the Gulf Coast of Florida even warn skippers to not rely on the chart, but on local knowledge. This is pretty amazing to me! Notes B and C are on charts 11424 and 11425.


Chart 11425 for Longboat Pass show different channel markers than chart 11424, which also covers the same area:



Some sand or mud shoals can shift in the Chesapeake Bay, but nothing like this. Happy sailing!
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