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Old 02-06-2011, 11:16 PM   #6
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RE: Heavy Weather

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Marin wrote:

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Conrad wrote:That is, these higher waves only occurred off of one island and then dissipated.
I don't know if this is what you encountered, but we have been told by many people familiar with the Strait of Georgia that local wind and wave conditions can be horrible off Qualicum Beach south of Denman and Hornby islands even when the rest of the Strait is not too bad.

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Hi Marin,No, in this case we were off of Thormanby Island over toward the mainland side, wistfully looking at the Merry Island Lighthouse wishing we could head over toward it!
Interesting comment about the Qualicum Beach area as we also had an challenging time there too, a couple of years ago, although at the time we put it down to "rogue waves". Your explanation fits *perfectly.


And changing topics slightly and with no intention of hijacking this thread, but you mentioned it here - we are just about settled on getting a Rocna. No small credit go to you and your reasoned comments I have to say.*

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