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The treasure of Captain Arrow Mystery Cache

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Cuilcagh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 8/10/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The mighty and infamous pirate Captain Arrow (a distant cousin of Cpt. J. Sparrow), hid his treasure in his own lake. A boat, ship, canoe or a trained dolphin might come in handy...

The mighty pirate Captain Arrow once stole a treasure from his distant cousin Cpt. J. Sparrow, out of pure jealousy of the latter more successful career in cinema.
To make a long and spiteful story short, Cpt. Arrow swiftly hid the treasure in his own lake, the scenic lake Arrow.
Cpt. Arrow had just about enough time to doodle a map and hide it in a hopefully safe place.
Are you up for the challenge of looting the treasure, ye scervy dog?

If so, get yourself a boat or something floaty and head out to the lake side of lake Arrow.
Around the lake are several parking spots, just drive around a little to find one of your liking. Make sure you enter the lake at a spot with public access to the lake.
If you are in the unfortunate position in which you don't own a boat, you can rent boats (with and without motor) at several places around the lake.

Allrighty mates, so you are at the lake, you've got your boat, and mustered up all your courage. Now what?

Head for the above coordinates in the middle of the lake. From there, make a projection: 667 meters 49°.
The map of Cpt. Arrow can be found there!

The legend goes that pirate Arrow was either very paranoid or very drunk, or both, when he drew the map. Due to this he coded the treasure map in the following way:
The bearings (°) found on the treasure map FIRST have to be switched around (e.g. 12 ->21) AND THEN you need to add 100°! Silly drunks...

X marks the spot!

By the way, you don't want to annoy Cpt. Arrow's ghost by messing up the hiding places, so make sure you put everything back EXACTLY as you found it!

This cache will be maintained by a local geocacher.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znc: fgnl ba gur evtug fvqr bs gur oneorq jver (jura pbzvat sebz gur ynxr) Gernfher: gur Pebj'f Arfg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)