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Old 08-25-2006
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Yep...we did all of that with 6 ft. ...The ICW is the trickiest with some places really shoaled up so much that we had to wait for tide. If you want to go INSIDE in the Keys then a 4.5 draft boat would be best except for a few of the cuts which will permit deep draft. We stayed outside in the Hawk channel which is quite deep. In the Bahamas, 6' is no problem even in some relatively shoal harbors as there is 3' of tidal help. I know boats with 7' draft that regularly go there as well but that has to be a bit more dicey!
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