Calif Bill wrote:

Surf is a wave.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
ah, bill, "surf" means **breaking** waves, waves that don't travel all
that
far.



I agree completely. Surf is a wave. Further, it is patently obvious that
a number of those who have ocmmented here haven't a frippin' clue as to
what happens or may happen in an ocean coastal area during a serious storm.

Last year, during the hurricane, Bay waters were pushed by tides, wide
and surge five city blocks up into the town of Chesapeake Beach. There
were four foot waves breaking over several parking lots and part of the
main street. Several of the houses blocks uphill from the Bay had high
water marks on them shingles four to five feet off the ground.

I suspect dockside boaters like Dennis and would stain their shorts if
they ever had to run one of our rougher Atlantic Ocean inlets. I've seen
lake boaters like him look at what was involved and turn the helm over
to someone who had some idea of what to do.

I don't know what JaxAss is trying to prove, other than being
argumentative. He's got a dippy little sailbote that doesn't look as if
it could safely cross Long Island Sound.


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"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002