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“MAKING IT ALL
WORTHWHILE”
Having
written over a half a dozen articles/stories for "Weekendcruiser.Com", I
often wonder if anyone really is enjoying the stories or getting any
benefit from them. On occasion I do receive feedback. Earlier this year I
wrote an article called, "Largo Canal-Cruising With Fun and Caution". It
was an article that recounts running my boat aground the previous year in
Key Largo; I wanted to provide other boaters with information that may
help them if they cruise to that area. In late July, I received an email
from a boater named Eric who had been preparing to do his first cruise to
that location and did an Internet search for information on it. Eric found
the above article and when he returned from the cruise, he sent me the
following email. I can tell you his email comments made the time I've
taken to write these articles very worthwhile. Eric's email:
“Hi Karl I must tell you your
article was most helpful to me especially the information on the 350
heading on approach. As my first cruise on my first boat a 33 foot
Wellcraft Martinique everything went well as we went on the inside from Ft
Lauderdale through Biscayne Bay and down through Angelfish Creek to the
outside. However as we approached Mosquito Banks a torrential rainstorm
came upon us, visibility was 15 feet at best. I went to idle speed and
headed to the approach buoy while sounding my horn as in fog. I gotta
tell ya it was pretty spooky and of course my concern was another boat in
path and not being able to change direction in time to avoid collision.
Believe it or not while approaching that buoy I told my brother in law
(first time on boat) of your article and once we found the buoy and we
came to the 350 (degrees) while still in no visibility I felt confident in
that heading after reading of your experience at that location. Sure
enough as you said this heading brought us directly into the canal. THANK
YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE!!!!!" |
