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    What are boaters great challenges? Narrow inlets with tides, sandbars, & ocean waves.

    And Florida is prime proving grounds for all driver skill levels and equipment handling.

    Haulover Inlet is not the only challenging passage in Florida.


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    Another Florida inlet.

    One moment your enjoying yourself, and then a skipper error turns into ...


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    I will not be surprised if this skipper gets ticketed for not having enough life jackets on board, after being rescued.


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    Sebastian Inlet a passage closer to my earlier Florida playground.


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    A little bit of seamanship would go a long way here.

    Biggest boating challenge for me was trying to get my wife out of bed.
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    Florida keeps on delivering ... Boca Raton Inlet.


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    Biggest risk factor/challenge I ever see is the sea fog. Some people just can't understand the reality of closing speed and reaction time not being on your side with very low visibility. Fast idle is as fast as I will go in the daylight hours. And preferably away from the channel. Fog at night, and forgetaboutit....I'm sleeping in the boat in very shallow water if possible for safety.
    One example.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STg90FnyVuc

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    How does one learn to drive a boat in those inlets? Spend time with someone who knows? Trial and error would be a hard way to learn.

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    As a captain, I could maneuver my boat thru those inlets. Also as a captain, I would know when the risk is too great. Now if your outside the inlet and HAVE to return thru it then you prove your ability on that day. No guarantee you will make it if the waves catch you in the wrong position. To learn you have to do it. Having an experienced teacher would help but the whole game is reading the waves and water. No one can teach you that, it's intuitive. Split second decisions the whole way thru. Faster, slower, overtake the wave or ride it? Watch the charter operators, they can do it and make it look easy. their boats are going to be built to take waves and be safe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XstreamVking View Post
    As a captain, I could maneuver my boat thru those inlets. Also as a captain, I would know when the risk is too great. Now if your outside the inlet and HAVE to return thru it then you prove your ability on that day. No guarantee you will make it if the waves catch you in the wrong position.
    Many of those people should have stayed at the dock.
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    ...big difference in water conditions on east coast of florida versus west coast of florida.

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    Biggest challenge for this boater is finding a fiberglass shop that can get the glasswork I need done��

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    One of the big factors we have up here in coastal Georgia is a 7-ft tide every 6 hours. Sometimes we have to run three or four miles out the channel before we make the cut to go into the ocean. Sandbars are everywhere around the river mouth. Makes for great fishing but unwise moves and get a boat grounded quick and then swamped

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    I work at a marina with almost 150 docks. Based on what I've seen over the past 30 years, docking is the biggest challenge for most of our customers.
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