On Sun, 29 May 2016 15:03:03 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 29 May 2016 10:12:06 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

Some advice: If you get anywhere near six foot waves, you'd best say a prayer and hope your life
jacket works. Hopefully you don't believe what you wrote above.

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I have been in 6 ft seas with a 12 ft inflatable dinghy. It takes a
lot of concentration and each wave has to be negotiated individually,
but it can be done. The most important criteria for waves however is
not height but shape. Unfortunately there's no easy way to measure
shape and put a number on it. The closest I've ever come to capsizing
the dinghy was from the steep, curling wake of a sport fishing boat -
probably no more than 3 ft high but there was something about the
shape that just wanted to flip the boat.

I'm thinking you may have a tad more experience than our Nova Scotia friend.

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I feel a certain kinship towards Don since I have spent a fair amount
of time in smaller boats.

It has been said that good judgement comes from experience, and
experience comes from bad judgement.

Anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. :-)

Kinship is a good thing. I felt a bit of that, but the name-calling and America bashing tends to
wipe it away.