Glass Days

[markpierce]

"Glass" days. Don't you love them?



(Petaluma River/slough entrance)


About as calm as it ever gets in Carquinez Strait. Coot spotted off Martinez:

 

[CMA1992]

Mark,
I don't know if you have seen it yet but there is a Coot for sale on yachtworld in Anacortes. She looks almost as nice as your Coot How does she handle outside the gate? I love the idea of a steel hull and I imagine you don't have any issues with water intrusion around the windows and doors as they all look like real solid "ship" style water tight hatches. What can you tell us about your coot, it looks like a tough boat to say the least. Thanks, CMA

 

[markpierce]

Haven't been outside of the Gate with the Coot. Presume it handles seas as well as most boats its size. It is strong, however: consider the strength of its doors and windows as well as its low profile. Expect it to handle seas better than its crew.





The blue-hulled (whose saloon arrangement is much different than mine) Cormorant, now for sale, is hull #5. Here shown behind my Coot (hull #6) at the builder's dock in early 2011:

 

[Great Laker]

Unexpected glass crossing Lake Ontario

In crossing any of the Great Lakes, you plan carefully to avoid bad weather, wind and waves. Our 60 mile traversing from Oswego, NY, towards Trenton, ON, in June 2014, was absolutely delightful! The picture was taken at the midpoint US/Canadian border.

 

[MurrayM]

We find it boring for boating, and did as sea kayakers as well. Can't dispute how purdy the scenery can be though.

Gribbell Island from Ursula Channel, heading north and home to Kitimat at sunrise after Bishop Bay Hot Springs;

 

[JDCAVE]

I kinda like boring, Murray!

Prideaux Haven...

Okisollo Channel (Upper Rapids)



Jim
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[MurrayM]

Niiiiice, Jim

Kitkatla Inlet;

 

[nemier]

Hairy Flatters in the Persian Gulf today

 

[dhmeissner]

Maybe as smooth as it gets crossing the SF bar

 

[READY2GO]

JDCAVE

I am with you. I love boring.

 

[hmason]

8 hours of seas on the beam. Now that's what I call boring.

 

[Nomad Willy]

Some of the glass I've seen.

And I can tell you where all of them were taken.

 

[BandB]

We lived previously on a very crowded inland lake. Sundays were nightmares, especially from around noon until about 5. The wakes of boats plus the fact there was generally wind kept things rough. But late afternoon everyone would clear off the lake, even those who had houses and docks on it. And often about 6 or 7 pm the wind would quieten and the lake would be smooth as glass. We'd always get out on it then. Occasionally there would be a couple of hydroplanes out running around too, the only time they could be checked out.

 

[River Cruiser]

Lake Michigan May 2014, it was glass or close all the way from Chicago to the straights.

 

[MurrayM]

JDCAVE

I am with you. I love boring.

Must be a hold over from sea kayaking...boring, hard to tell what the currents are doing, and muggy. Like doldrums for a sailboat.

 

[READY2GO]

Must be a hold over from sea kayaking...boring, hard to tell what the currents are doing and muggy. Like doldrums for a sailboat.

We use to be rag baggers but crossed over to the dark side 3 years ago when we bought our current boat. I didn't use to like glass but I love it now.

 

[JDCAVE]

Murray, we hope to get up Kitkatla way this July
The flying dog photo, Nodales...

Wyatt Bay

"Rolling the Net" on the Western Brave, Discovery Channel.



Jim
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[kulas44]

flat water

I fished more days last summer in flat water than I have ever even seen flat water. Probably 20 days of glass to a ripple type of water. Occasionally a swell but not much. We could watch tuna eat our chunk baits way deep when the current wasnt running. Its really cool to see a 100 lb yellowfin in cobalt blue water eating at 100 feet, then see him eat the hook bait, then hear the real scream when he feels the hook. Not as cool an hour later when he's doing the "big circles" at 100 feet. Seeing Mahi come out of a weed line like a pack of wolves leaping toward the trolling baits is pretty cool to. The best thing about flat water is that you get to see it all. And, early in the season, in May, I got to swim with a HUGE whaleshark. That was a hoot. I would not have done it in anything but flat water.

 

[Moby Nick]

Glass s Days

It's a big reason we traded for the Albin-25 Motor Vessel. In our Shearwater Yawl we might enjoy two days of "good sailing in a week on the water.

 

[caltexflanc]

The notorious "wait for weather" Delaware Bay:

The Atlantic, off Atlantic City, of course:

 

[Gabe n Em]

we love those boring mornings

 

[Datenight]

"Glass" days. Don't you love them?


About as calm as it ever gets in Carquinez Strait. Coot spotted off Martinez:

We used to call then Block Island Mornings when we had the 23' Wellcraft in 1996. One hour and ten minutes from Uncasville, CT (where Mohegan Sun Casino is) to Block Island RI. A quick scoot down the Thames, Fishers Island Sound and out to Block.

We keep the boat 8 miles closer now and it takes three hours!

Rob

 

[hmason]

Man I HATE Delaware Bay. It's a nasty old bitch with nary a good anchorage. Always find myself racing for the CD Canal or the Cape May Canal. Not much in between.

 

[AusCan]

When there is no wind for the sails, I put up the hammock.

 

[MurrayM]

When there is no wind for the sails, I put up the hammock.

*Note to Self* ...must replicate

 

[nemier]

Me and my daughter Chloe, shooting'-the-breeze during our pacific crossing. Pretty flat, well as glass as it was going to get.

 

[Larry M]

80s/80s (air/water temp) and flat seas.

 

[cardude01]

When there is no wind for the sails, I put up the hammock.

That's so cool.

I bought a hammock with a zip up mosquito screen at a flea market the other day, but I'm not sure I have. Place to hang it. Need a mast. ?

 

[cardude01]

Me and my daughter Chloe, shooting'-the-breeze during our pacific crossing. Pretty flat, well as glass as it was going to get.

What a great photo. I need a tan...

 

[N4712]