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Old 07-11-2017, 12:51 PM   #61
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"Beating us to death" "whoa this is bad"

Give me a break! 😂

They should rename their boat "Drama Queen".

Their crossing was more like a staged "reality" TV show.
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Old 07-11-2017, 12:54 PM   #62
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I am terrible at judging wave height. I find that I can judge it best by not looking ahead or astern, but looking to the side along the length of the trough and peaks.

In that video, above it looks like 3-4' at the most to me.
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Old 07-11-2017, 01:15 PM   #64
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I am terrible at judging wave height. I find that I can judge it best by not looking ahead or astern, but looking to the side along the length of the trough and peaks.

In that video, above it looks like 3-4' at the most to me.
I do similar and try to imagine myself standing in the bottom of the trough. If they're 6' I shouldn't be able to see over them. When I do that I pretty quickly realize they're much closer to 4 than 6.
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Old 07-11-2017, 02:59 PM   #65
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"It is very hard to get a good handle on the seas from video shot from above rather than at water level."

Just site along the horizon using your bow tail and/or flag staff as a reference as they move above and below the horizon should give you a pretty good idea of the size of the seas.

Personally I don't see any 8-9' in that video.

Looks more like 4-6'.
Looks like mostly around 4', some up to 6' but no 8-9'. At that speed your bow travel is very close to the wave heights.
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Old 07-11-2017, 03:08 PM   #66
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I wish I was crossing over to the Bahamas right now!
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I wish I was crossing over to the Bahamas right now!
You'd have 2 to 3' seas. That's what we've had the last two days as we moved north.
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Old 07-11-2017, 03:19 PM   #68
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You'd have 2 to 3' seas. That's what we've had the last two days as we moved north.
I could live with that!
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Old 07-11-2017, 03:24 PM   #69
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Old 07-11-2017, 03:26 PM   #70
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We have a departure scheduled for November! But, we're getting antsy!
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We're planning on six weeks or so in the Abacos in March/April before we head off to the Chesapeake for a few months.

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I think the guy really hated the crossing and truly was miserable, and I think the father or father-in-law was there to watch over them.
Maybe he brought his cc to fish there.
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OK, here are my contributions to the rough water vids. This was last year on the Columbia River.




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Old 07-12-2017, 10:58 AM   #74
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I think the guy really hated the crossing and truly was miserable, and I think the father or father-in-law was there to watch over them.
Maybe he brought his cc to fish there.
Wifey B: I have no idea what the guy's reality was but some people just shouldn't cross, they should stick to the ICW. If the conditions that guy was in are going to flip them out into panic mode then don't be going outside. There are many boaters very happy never to cross.
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The kids are having a blast and the parents are complaining lol. Should have secured for sea better! I love how she talks about 45° rolls, I've been at 45° and a little more and they were not rolling anywhere near that bad!

But harrowing means different things to different people. Rick looked like he was having a blast on the CC
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Old 07-12-2017, 01:50 PM   #76
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OK, here are my contributions to the rough water vids. This was last year on the Columbia River.




I've had my 60 ft pounding through this same stretch with spray over the top of my flybridge enclosure many times. The gorge can get very rough indeed. It can be a wild river ride through here!
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That boat looks like my old Fu Hua right down to the cushions. I had it in 6-7s on the bow and stern and never had a mess like that. On my current boat there is a bell in pilot house. At 7 knots into a 3 foot head sea it will ring every now and then. Into a 4 foot sea it rings on every 3rd or 4th wave. After 5 feet it rings on every wave and that's the message to slow down a little.
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We get bigger chop under the Sydney Harbor Bridge on a still day
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