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Okeechobee Water Level Goes Down about an Four Inches Since August As of press date in early September, Lake Okeechobee was at 15.15 feet above sea level. This makes the navigational depth for Route 1, which crosses the lake, 9.09 feet, and the navigational depth for Route 2, which goes around the southern coast of the lake, 7.29 feet. Bridge clearance at Myakka was at 49.50 feet. For those interested in seeing the daily height of the lake, navigation route depths and bridge clearance, go to http://w3.saj. usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml (copy this address exactly as it is here with upper and lower cases). This link is also available on our website, www.southwindsmagazine.com. See the left column.
50-Year Anniversary of Francis Chichester’s Record-Setting Circumnavigation On August 27, 1966, Francis Chichester set out on his round-the-world solo voyage to become the first person to make the trip with only one stop. Chichester sailed 14,100 miles from Plymouth, England to Sydney Australia, his one stop. He continued on for 15,517 miles to return to Plymouth on May 28, 1967. His route was “eastabout” through the Southern ocean—following the route of the clipper ships, which rounded the three great capes: South America’s Cape Horn, Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and Australia’s Cape Leeuwin. Although Joshua Slocum was the first to solo circumnavigate, Chichester was the first to do so around Cape Horn. Slocum went through the Straights of Magellan.
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