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Originally Posted by Roger
The current on the sides is generally slower than the current in the middle, so displacement boats use less fuel and easier on some motors working against the tide by hugging the bank. It's a balancing act though, because a little too close and they'll get sucked into it.
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About three one morning I observe a rather large vessel, maybe 300-350' long working east against the tide. I was fishing land side of the canal. I';m looking at this boat, and I'm looking at this boat, and I'm looking at this boat and friekin coming right at me. I'm thinking that I'm big enough to see on radar almost or the capatin is alseep. At the last minute the vessel veers to the right, port or starboard I don't know, to the right. And turns back into the main current. I leave most of my stuff on the banking that time of the morning anyway, good thing. If I had a belly board I could have road tht wake all the way to Scusset. I got a soaking. Now I know why some of the boats come so close to the side of the canal. At least the big ones. At that time of the morning there is nothing else around.
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