Prolly got caught in the infamous “Potato Patch”, shallow bottom around the Faralones, mostly between them and the shore. Pleasure sailors know to steer clear in stormy weather and at low tide when a short, steep breaking swell will separate the sheep from the dead.
The famous Potato(e) Patch, (Six Fathom Bank) is located just east of the “Gate”, not out to the Faralones.
The Bank is formed from sediments dropping out of suspension after being flushed from the bay by the tide. It mainly formed during the California Gold Rush when hydraulic mining was clogging streams, rivers and San Francisco Bay with tons of sediments.
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