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Scan your nautical chart. Look for white pockets of deeper water off the main dredged channel. Note the shoals that surround each of these pockets (soundings are in feet). In an emergency, deep water pockets offer you safe anchorage to make repairs, take a break, or--in some cases--to anchor overnight. This chart shows a segment of the US Intracoastal Waterway.
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