"keith_nuttle" wrote in message
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I don't know where you are on the ICW but in the Wilmington NC area there
is significant shoaling in some parts of the waterway. A sailboat because
of their draft may not have the depth to be able move to the side of the
channel to allow a stinkpot to pass



Good point and well taken. But not the case in the cited instance.

RCE