Horn Island Hop, July 7th weekend, Ocean Springs

Is there a place to get out of the sun? It's normally very hot on the point in July! I'm there if the

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Bob

They're sailing out to the island with me on my Corsair. Have fun on your I-17!

second from the left is Ederer's daughter...

What's the distance to Horn Island ? What's the distance around Deer island. In other words how much sailing do you get in and what are the average conditions? Looks like fun.
Thanks,

For you, my friend, the 14-mile trip to the island will seem like a coffee break. <img src=

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If you tack a lot and venture far from the rum line you could make it a 20 mile leg easy! <img src=

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Clayton

Distance to Horn, more-or-less following the channel, is 11nm

Distance around Deer is more like 17nm

These as the crow flies.

Courtesy of, and all this is free...

www.maptech.com (Chart Navigator, free download)
and
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download.htm

FREE, >>UPDATED<<, chart downloads. In fact, you can get the software at Maptech via the NOAA page.

Chart of interest here is 11373_1, Mississippi Sound and Approaches, Dauphin to Cat Island

Weather? See here... (paste in as one line)
http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtbltn.pl?file=forecasts/marine/coastal/gm/gmz555.txt

Go this way - worked for me really well. 13-foot boat?! Nooooo problem, mon. <img src=

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I'm not crossing the finish line all alone because I was LAST!

*sigh* Glory days - Seriously, the Horn Island race, the CCC and the OSYC are the key ingredients in a fun July.

Hey John,
Thanks for the info. Sorry to hear your moving. Not that I got to see you alot, but you'll be missed.Hope everything goes OK.
Todd

boing

boing!