Tugboat Passage

Tugboat Passage (50˚25'00" 125˚12'00" Between Dent I and Little Dent I, Cordero Channel, N of Sonora I and Campbell R). Despite the passage’s islets, shoals and confused currents, this is the route often preferred by tugs towing log booms. “Local knowledge is advised,” states Sailing Directions. The alternative is Dent Rapids, just to the W, where dangerous overfalls and eddies form and currents can reach 9 knots (17 km/h). At the S entrance to the rapids is Devils Hole, famed for its...

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