[SpeedoApe]

this is a total doofus question. BUT! it may help influance the wife in my quest to learn to sail. In the Gulf of Mexico the water is brown at the beach. we go to Galveston and its brown and not Hawaii pretty. you know what i mean right? ok, so if you were to sail out into the gulf abit, does the water become clearer for say diving, swimming etc?
is it advisable to jump overboard and take a swim on occasion? it seems like it would be soooo tempting to do that!
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