fusioneng wrote:
In Sarasota we have really strong tides coming in and going out the two passes in and out of Sarasota bay, typically 5-6 mph when it is really rushing, and pretty impossible to get thru with a TI unless you have a motor.
The funny part about it is this is totally unnecessary. There used to be 3 passes in Sarasota until a hurricane blew one of them shut about 25-30 yrs ago I'm told (this is midnight pass and was shut before I moved to Florida). The funny thing out it is it was probably there and open for a million yrs ( I would guess), then a hurricane hits and blows it shut. The tree huggers wouldn't allow them to open it back up saying it was natural (I don't know what natural about a hurricane), now the whole area for about 15 miles of the intercoastal smells bad with stagnant water, and not too many of us kayakers and sailers venture down there (From Siesta Key past Casey Key, almost to Venice).
I often wonder about stuff like that.
Bob
my dad lived on Siesta Key for a couple years from like 92-95. i almost remember midnight pass being open my first summer down there but not open the next summer,, maybe this is just my poor memory playing tricks on me. i took out my dads canoe one day and went way out into the bay or channel or whatever you call it by the bridge and had a hard time getting back in. i was like 12 and could have made it eventually but my dad pulled up in his boat and assisted... i really wanted to finish it on my own to prove to him and myself but i think he thought it wouldn't have happened before sundown
but it was so fun living down there during the summers
we visited that area in like may 2012, went fishing with some old friends and took the long journey around the pass 'again'. that area is still pretty nice, but seemed a lot more crowded now, go figure...
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But there's plenty of reefs and surf, and low tide is a b*tch. 
