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Clarence Strait can be mighty tough going when it blows. Wise to lay low and wait it out.
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Montenido;448735... BTW said:That's not unusual.
I took this series of pix while northbound at Milbanke Sound in BC some years ago. The SB ship I figure was close to 300' long and much bigger than we were. I took these pix from the PH which was nearly 20' off the water. On the last pic all you can see is the top of the ships mast. Some of these swells were over 20' in height. Most probably 12-16', wind gusting over 60 knots. I don't know how many secs there was between the waves, LOL.
I get a kick out this method of determining waves. Let see, 4' high, 5' apart and coming at oh say 4 secs apart. This is getting overly technical by lots! How about this? Its pretty lumpy out there today! Honestly, in all the years I worked on tugs and fishboats, I never heard anyone deliver such news as that. Silly.
You are correct and I accept your polite admonishment in the spirit in which it was given.The T in TF doesn't stand for tugs. What may seem silly there is a well established professional practice in yachting and other recreational boats. Having a real means of quantifying things is helpful. Wave height and period are available today from many sources. I can know what to expect before I get out there. And "pretty lumpy", I don't want. That can mean something different to everyone. I don't want to hear "rough." While you might have had a tight community on tugs where it was clearly understood, you also had boats capable of handling far more than those here. We would go out in conditions many here wouldn't, but it's boat dependent, experience dependent, and having a good understanding of what conditions are. To someone on a tug it might be silly, but to a pleasure boater it's critical.
I know that 4' at 8 seconds is mild to me, but 6' at 4 seconds isn't pleasant in most boats. When we got to the PNW, we saw an entire different type wave pattern. Our first day out it was 10' swells at 13 seconds. I was a bit hesitant but soon realized what that was really like. I travel to different areas and interpretation of conditions might be very different. However, wave height and interval is consistent everywhere.
I agree with BandB....maybe that's why I spent 2 careers assisting and saving commercials and fishermen art sea....I get a kick out this method of determining waves. Let see, 4' high, 5' apart and coming at oh say 4 secs apart. This is getting overly technical by lots! How about this? Its pretty lumpy out there today! Honestly, in all the years I worked on tugs and fishboats, I never heard anyone deliver such news as that. Silly.
Even in the Seattle area there were gusts around 100 mph. It blew down whole sections of forests on the Olympic Peninsula. Yes, it was a whopper.
as promised. This is my uncles tug in Lake Washington some years ago during a wild storm near the 520 bridge. He said it was blowing near 100mph.
Picture was taken while streaming on TV, KIRO news in Seattle. Uncle is trying to remember what storm and what year this was but probably in the 60's or early 70's. Hope the pix shows up. Tug is an ex army small tug of about 45'.