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Sailing through the most DANGEROUS inlet in America | SAILING SUNDAY | Ep. 229
24 dicembre 2023 · 14 min · 10K visualizzazioni · Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina
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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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