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07-11-2017, 12:51 PM
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#61
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2014
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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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07-11-2017, 12:54 PM
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#62
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,046
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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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07-11-2017, 01:09 PM
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#63
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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"The sea was angry that day my friends "
George Costanza from the Seinfeld Marine Biologist episode.
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07-11-2017, 01:15 PM
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Guru
City: Bayfield, WI
Vessel Name: Gopher Broke
Vessel Model: Silverton 410 Sport Bridge
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 904
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dhays
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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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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07-11-2017, 02:59 PM
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#65
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt.Bill11
"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'.
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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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07-11-2017, 03:08 PM
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#66
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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I wish I was crossing over to the Bahamas right now!
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07-11-2017, 03:12 PM
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#67
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Group9
I wish I was crossing over to the Bahamas right now!
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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.
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07-11-2017, 03:19 PM
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#68
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
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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I could live with that!
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07-11-2017, 03:24 PM
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#69
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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What's stopping you - go!
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07-11-2017, 03:26 PM
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#70
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Guru
City: Alexandria, VA
Vessel Model: 2000 Wellcraft
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,467
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
What's stopping you - go!
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We have a departure scheduled for November! But, we're getting antsy!
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07-11-2017, 03:28 PM
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#71
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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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.
Love retirement!
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07-11-2017, 04:08 PM
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#72
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Senior Member
City: Houston
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 333
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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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07-12-2017, 10:57 AM
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#73
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Guru
City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,406
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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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1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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07-12-2017, 10:58 AM
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#74
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CDreamer
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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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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07-12-2017, 01:13 PM
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#75
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Senior Member
City: Carrollton, Va
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 458
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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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07-12-2017, 01:50 PM
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#76
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Guru
City: Cary, NC
Vessel Name: Skinny Dippin'
Vessel Model: Navigator 4200 Classic
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,841
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
What's stopping you - go!
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A job
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2000 Navigator 4200 Classic
(NOT a trawler)
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07-12-2017, 02:05 PM
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#77
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,235
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom.B
A job
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Jobs are over rated anyway...
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07-13-2017, 12:33 AM
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#78
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Senior Member
City: Eugene, Oregon
Vessel Name: Have Patience
Vessel Model: Navigator 56 Classic
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 103
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GFC
OK, here are my contributions to the rough water vids. This was last year on the Columbia River.
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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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07-13-2017, 01:38 AM
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#79
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Guru
City: Gooding ID/Wrangell AK
Vessel Name: Silver Bay
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 42-002
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,040
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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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07-13-2017, 02:06 AM
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#80
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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We get bigger chop under the Sydney Harbor Bridge on a still day
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