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    Navigating Inlets

    Jan 29, 2020 3 minutes
    story BOB ARRINGTON
    photos DORI ARRINGTON

    Few passages are more significant to a boater than ocean inlets. They are a gateway to adventure, or they can mean you’ve safely returned to port after a day on the ocean. Whether it’s the end of a simple run down the coast or the momentous finish to an ocean passage, the outer sea buoy and channel markers leading you in are a welcome sight.

    Even experienced boaters know, though, that

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