[CaptainForce]

Originally Posted by labatt

..... Ignore your chart plotter and stay between the buoys. Also note that the buoys are outside the channel, and there can be a fairly significant distance between the buoy and depth..........

Wise advice here fro, Labatt! We've been cruising at least some portion of the ICW every year since 1972 and agree that the markers should be respected as marking where not to go as well as were to go! As for the chart plotters....the real world always trumps cyber images! 'take care and joy, Aythya crew