Nakwakto Rapids
We passed through the
Nakwakto Rapids at slack (natch!)
& spent four nights at anchorages marked with a circular icon.
& spent four nights at anchorages marked with a circular icon.
Logs
wedged on rocks in Schooner Channel
testify to the power of water barreling through.
testify to the power of water barreling through.
The rapids
can get up to 16 knots on ebb tides;
here it is about 30 minutes before slack to ebb.
here it is about 30 minutes before slack to ebb.
Nakwakto
Rapids at slack which lasts about 6 minutes.
Turret Island stands mid-rapids.
Turret Island stands mid-rapids.
Cruising crews
go ashore on Turret (aka "Tremble") Island for a tide cycle.
Some leave behind their calling cards.
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