DSK wrote:

Jim Cate wrote:

Interesting. - Doug said that the wind speed might have been as much
as 10-12 knots. Why do you criticize my estimate of the wind speed but
not his, when he wasn't even there?


Because whitecaps usually begin forming around 8 knots and are regular
at 10. If a doofus like you notices them then it might be blowing as
much as twelve, but it still could only have been eight.

If motorboat wakes are bigger than the chop, then the wind wasn't
anywhere near 20.

DSK


You might want to read my note again DSK. I didn't say that the
whitecaps were "beginning" to form. They were there when we went out and
stayed there throughout the afternoon. (Incidentally, my copy of the
Beaufort scale indicates that crests are "beginning to break" in winds
of up to 10 knots. - You must have a different version.) Also, I didn't
say that the motorboat wakes were "bigger" than the chop, did I?
Incidentally, my estimate of the wind speed was also based on the
opinion of an experienced licensed pilot who was with me on that
particular trip.

As one reference point, we noted that very few of the boats out on that
day had deployed anything other than a reefed mainsail.

Jim