Well, hopefully the boats will be poling while up on the flats. The boats poling don't bother me ... it's the ones who think they need to be on plane in that 9" of water you speak of that worry me.

Florida just passed Michigan (just under 1,000,000 now) as having the second most registered boats in the U.S. Second only to California. Guess we'd better just get used to it.

Gil

p.s. The wind would be the only thing that would make this a somewhat difficult paddle but 10 mph is what was called for last time I checked ... not bad, not bad at all.