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Sailing through the most DANGEROUS inlet in America | SAILING SUNDAY | Ep. 229
24 décembre 2023 · 14 min · 10K vues · Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina
Ce que couvre cette vidéo
The crew of Sunday navigates the inlet at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to bypass the shallow, turbulent waters of the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" while transiting toward the Chesapeake Bay.0:38 Because shifting sandbars render electronic charts unreliable, the crew relies on visual navigation using channel markers, dodging submerged shipwrecks and breaking waves in the inlet.4:31 After clearing the inlet, the vessel maintains speeds of five to seven knots on a broad reach toward Annapolis.6:24 Upon entering the Chesapeake Bay at 1:00 a.m. without a functional AIS, the crew encounters heavy commercial traffic and coordinates with nearby vessels to avoid collisions.11:15 The transit is further complicated by dense fields of unlit crab pots, forcing the crew to anchor at sunset to ensure safe navigation.13:15 The passage highlights the necessity of visual navigation in dynamic, shallow inlets and the risks of night entries in high-traffic, obstacle-heavy waters like the Chesapeake.
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