{Stus-List} Roche Harbour, San Juans. New Canadian chart 3313

[Sam Salter]

Patrick,

When are you going to Roche?
Ken and I will be there Monday, June 29th. We'll be in Friday Harbour on 
Sunday the 28th!

I've been up Haro Strait and through Spieden a number of times - I 
didn't think they were any problem.
If you haven't already got one, get:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Current Atlas for Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia.

This gives you a detailed picture of the currents (direction and 
strength) all around the Gulf Islands and the San Juans by the hour.
Use this with your tide tables (...or better yet - "Ports & Passes") to 
plan your trip through the currents.

Sam
C&C 26  Liquorice
Ghost Lake  Alberta


altrice34 at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Patrick,
>
> We have been through Spieden a number of times and there can be a lot 
> of current. Also the Bayliners charging through can make it very 
> lumpy. Going from Tsehum to Roche it appears your biggest concern 
> would be current in Haro Strait and if your are near slack this would 
> be great. Going into Roche you should miss most of Spieden.
>
> Phil Rousseau
>
> Shelton, WA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick H. Wesley" <hickland at telus.net>
> To: cnc-list at cnc-list.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:42:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: {Stus-List} Roche Harbour, San Juans. New Canadian chart 3313
>
> I plan to sail to Roche Harbor and the most direct route from Tsehum 
> Harbour would bring me in from the North. I have just bought the 
> updated Canadian Gulf Islands chart book 3313 and noticed that in the 
> Supplemental Information opposite page 6 it says “In Spieden Channel, 
> heavy tide rips and eddies result from flood currents flowing East 
> from Haro Strait and West from San Juan Channel. This channel is not 
> recommended for sailing craft.” The alternative entrance is via 
> Mosquito Pass and the SI says “Strong currents flood North and ebb 
> South through Mosquito Pass. Local knowledge recommended.”
>
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>
> So what is a poor sailor to do? Is this the authorities being very 
> conservative to avoid lawsuits? I assume that sailboats go in and out 
> of Roche Harbor all the time. Perhaps you should not sail through 
> Spieden Channel but have no trouble entering Roche because it is at 
> the western end of the Channel, or in fact not really in the Channel 
> at all?
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> Appreciate any comments from those who know the area.
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> By the way, something to look out for: the bookseller who sold me the 
> chart book (and who seems knowledgeable about them) said that this 
> chart was re-issued in January but has had to be recalled twice since 
> then because of errors. My copy is marked January 2, 2009 so they have 
> not indicated the updating. Even the version I got is marked as having 
> an insignificant typo in some French wording in one place and the 
> seller hopes that all errors have been caught.
>
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> /Patrick Wesley///
>
> /s/v "The Boat" C & C 24///
>
> /Westport Marina, Sidney BC///
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