Recently I was talking to a relative about a recent GPS purchase. He was very excited about his new electronic addition and the ability to pilot his boat with added confidence through all sorts of weather. As we conversed, the focus drifted to dangers lying close to the the buoys that marked safe passage. Over the past few weeks, we had both noticed the impact of the off-season in a variety of places, from the entrance to Manchester Harbor to the middle of the Annisquam river to the Essex river inlet from Ipswich Bay. Over the winter, abrupt water depth [...]