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Episode V6 On the Banks
September 4, 2009 · 2 min · 11K views · Great Bahama Bank
What this video covers
Paul Shard and Sheryl Shard navigate shallow waters near the Bahamas, specifically traveling from Long Island toward Nassau. The crew encounters depths of only a few feet, requiring careful monitoring of the depth sounder to avoid running aground.▶ 0:44 Paul Shard verifies the vessel's draft by standing on the sea floor to calibrate the instrument's offset.▶ 0:40 He determines that a display reading of 1.2 meters provides sufficient clearance for the keel, while a reading of 0.7 meters indicates an imminent grounding.▶ 1:24 The route spans approximately 80 miles of consistently shallow water between the two islands.▶ 1:49 Understanding the specific offset between the depth sounder transducer and the bottom of the keel prevents accidental grounding in shallow, bank-style navigation.
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