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| Portal Pilot 2007 |
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A cold evening in February 2007 saw the Campbell’s Guide to CRUISING TEXAS lifted from the shelf in the main saloon of Dark Star for only the second time since it was purchased in 2002. What a revelation! So the goal for this year is to visit the locations shown and test the available pilotage information. So, assuming no major problems, we shall report back on the site with up to date information on what we find.
View Upper Galveston Bay Map
View Lower Galveston Bay Map
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| Photo courtesy of Mike Kovacs s/v Beluga |
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| Portal Pilot - Double Bayou |
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We arrived at the outer channel marker (2) around 1300 in 30kt NW winds after an uneventful but somewhat damp sail from Clear Lake. The original plan had been to pay a photo visit up the Bayou and read more . . .
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| Portal Pilot - Anahuac Channel |
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Evelyn and I decided to have a look at the Anahuac area recently. We went across the cut at marker 62 and anchored Saturday night in Trinity Bay just East of Marker #1 of the Anahuac Channel. There was a light East wind and we had a comfortable night. The next morning we tried to enter the channel at marker #2 from the East coming in from about 6' of water. As we approached the channel, we started hitting bottom, but I plowed ahead to see if it was just some of the spoil which was supposed to be on the West side. Read more . . .
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