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Skiffmaster
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 Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:28 am Post subject: Mason's inlet |
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| mason's inlet....decided to test it out the other day, and i dont know if anyone here ever uses it, but i was only marking 4-7 foot in the middle of the "inlet." i wouldnt recommend this with a v-hull boat on any tide other than DEAD HIGH or you might be dead high and dry. |
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jonboatr
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: Mason Inlet |
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Just wanted to put my 2 cents in,
I have been going in and out of Mason inlet for 15 years, I had a 22' grady and would go in and out on all but dead low tide. The trick to the shallow inlets is reading the water, as for Masons if you were heading out the inlet just as you get to the break, make a hard left you can sea the waves stop breaking there, hit the throttle and cross the first two sets and you will be out.
Maybe i've just been lucky but I've been lucky ALOT then. Dont try it below mid tide in anything over 25' and dont try it if your not confident in yourself, once you commmit thats it "hammer her down...."
And coming in, just ride one of the sets thats an extra 2-5' depending on the size of the waves. I always come in Masons or Riches (usually to dodge the man after a few cold ones from fishing all day.) A suggestion to Noobies, get tow boat US.
If you sink her dont blame me... 
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jonboatr
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Mason Inlet |
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| jonboatr wrote: | Just wanted to put my 2 cents in,
I have been going in and out of Mason inlet for 15 years, I had a 22' grady and would go in and out on all but dead low tide. The trick to the shallow inlets is reading the water, as for Masons if you were heading out the inlet just as you get to the break, make a hard left you can sea the waves stop breaking there, hit the throttle and cross the first two sets and you will be out.
Maybe i've just been lucky but I've been lucky ALOT then. Dont try it below mid tide in anything over 25' and dont try it if your not confident in yourself, once you commmit thats it "hammer her down...."
And coming in, just ride one of the sets thats an extra 2-5' depending on the size of the waves. I always come in Masons or Riches (usually to dodge the man after a few cold ones from fishing all day.) A suggestion to Noobies, get tow boat US.
If you sink her dont blame me...
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Guys, The inlet has changed alot since my last post on this 2 years ago, the bar has changed, now when you exit masons inlet follow the bar that sits in the mouth of the inlet it goes to the right. You have to be blind not to see this bar as the waves make a solid break across it. Follow the curve to the right you are going to be about 100-50' off wrightsville beach, when you see the bar end and the breakers continuing keep right there is a small cut between the bar and the beach, you are going to go through the breakwater at an angle heading south, its better to go futher south as you exit than to try crossing the bar to early.
This is a shallow inlet that has got shallower in the last couple of years at the break, I wouldnt recommend going out this inlet in a boat over 20' at anything less than mid tide. You need to adjust this according to the size of the waves and the direction of the wind. This can be done I go out this inlet almost anytime I want (if its that rough I dont want to be out there anyway) Notice my name, I am doing this in a 14' aluminum boat so it can be done if you have the balls and the knowledge. Learn it at mid/high tide on a decent day and you will be able to run in it anytime.
And I still recommend tow boat |
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