Circumnavigation Cruise Number 2
Tuesday, April 20 Pinckney Island ( Lo 11:15 [-0.34]) UPDATED April 19
Rendezvous: All crews will meet at Skull Creek Marina at 1130 for chart review and radio check in preparation for launch at 1200. Admiral Galen Smith will lead a four boat flotilla in a circumnavigation of Pinckney Island, in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction depending on prevailing winds, currents and tides. Captains and crews will pack a picnic lunch for an anchored raft up on the landward side of Pinckney Island at a spot to be determined by Admiral Smith. All boats are anticipated to be back to the dock not later than 1430
Skills: Chart reading (depths & ATONS along route); ICW ATONs; Transition to non-ICW ATONs; no wake zone speeds; VHF usage (16à?? Transition); “the long way is the short way”; and run aground/break free drill; docking.
Route: Northeast (TBD) from SCM to “R4” at SC entrance to Port Royal Sound, the NW to Fl 4s “1”, then SC into inlet past “G5” on port side, following markers through. Pass Moss Creek YC route on starboard at “R2/G1”, under bridge, around bridge, back to SCM dock @ ~ 2:30.
