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Old 03-04-2014, 02:39 PM   #86
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Originally Posted by Bob12000 View Post
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Thanks for the blog, it's good prep for the rookies among us.

In your blog on the Columbia crossing you said " When we got inside we had to still get across these huge breakers to the starboard. I quickly learned how to do this by observing the charter boat. Stern to the wave and maneuver your boat sideways or horizontal starboard. It worked and we finally started up the channel toward Astoria"

I don't understand what you mean by "stern to the wave and maneuver your boat sideways or horizontal starboard"?

Were the breakers crossing your path so you had to find a way to move laterally through them without getting caught broadside? Does 'horizontal starboard' mean coaxing the boat to starboard while keeping your stern as square as possible to the breakers?

I have a 1978 Seaquest 38 with a single screw 185 hp diesel and am contemplating a bar crossing this summer and want to know everything.
Hey Bob,

Most times if you watch the weather the bar isn't an issue, so I am told. When you are coming from sea you come up the bar, but then there is a stbd turn which could put you in a situation where the hugh rollers are slamming your stbd side. My discription above is a way to avoid taking on big waves broadside....
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