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Old 03-19-2011, 07:44 AM   #20
SaltyDog
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Any Pilgrim 40 Owners out there

What waters do you regularly boat?

Lake Michigan for me. Lots of nice water, but if it starts to reach 4 ft. waves the chance of 14 ft. waves becomes real. It's the frequency and confused sea state that is the challenge. It is not unusual to be engaged with 3 waves at the same time. That makes things move. I have found up to 5 ft. following seas to be great for travel. Not so good from other directions.

One day (in 11 years) we had about 8 ft. well spaced glassy waves as remnants of a storm. The boat was kind of fun in that. Dealing with one wave/swell at a time was nice. Only lasted about an hour though.

-- Edited by SaltyDog on Saturday 19th of March 2011 08:45:00 AM
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