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Pickering Passage to Blake Island
Although I had planned to launch on Friday, I changed my plans at the last minute to have a more relaxed launch on Saturday. Imagine my surprise to get a phone call from Frank saying he was in Jarrell’s Cove at the state park!
Jarrell Cove and Fair Harbor
Pickering Passage is an odd body of water, at least to me. Even though we launched on a flood tide, the main current was flowing south. Because of a back eddy, the current at the launch was flowing northward at about one knot. Weather at launch time was windy, with strong southerly winds with frequent heavy gusts. The combination of the south winds and south-flowing current in the middle of Pickering Passage created a steep chop with breaking whitecapped waves.
