"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:56:46 -0400, "jim--" wrote:


"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:44:31 -0400, "jim--" wrote:


"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:02:27 -0400, "jim--" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Five footers on Chesapeake Bay ain't pretty. It's not like five
footers
out on the ocean. On the Bay, waves that size are going to be
breaking,
and with the shifty winds, coming at you from several directions,
and
with the peaks fairly close together. Running five footers on the
ocean
can be fun; on the Bay, it loosens your fillings.



No worse than 5 footers on shallow Lake Erie. Not fun but no big
deal.


Harry gives a good description of what 5 footers are on Lake Erie.

Anyone that says 5 footers on Lake Erie are no big deal, watch them on
tv from their living room.

Sorry Wally, been out in 3-5's many times. No big deal.


Three footers and five footers on Lake Erie are two completely different
animals.

What boat do you have?

I just sold a 3200 Maxum SCR. Prior to that I had a Sundancer 270. Prior
to that I had a Chris Craft Scorpion 210. Any my very first boat was a 16
foot trihull for inland lakes. I have been on the water all my life.

We live less than a mile from the Lake.

Well, I live about a mile from the lake and lived on the lake for six
years.

Good for you.



We boated for the past 25+ years
and have been in waves up to 6-8 footers with the Maxum...in fact from
Leamington, Canada to Kelley's Island. We went out regularly in 3-5
footers
to get to the islands.

Then what? Rocked and rolled on a mooring ball or rafted off to other
boats bouncing like a yo-yo?

Have you ever been to Kelleys and docked at Seaway? Not much rocking and
rolling there. Even Unique Marker is pretty well protected. Did the
mooring buoys at Put in Bay once during the day and the Lake was pretty flat
though.


I picked up the Searay and delivered it to our dock
in at least 3-5 footers.

And if you don't know that waves are observed in a 3-5 foot category, as
well as others, then you obviously don't boat.

Obviously

Well, OK if you say so.


Yep 3-5 footers are not comfortable but they are not terrible.

All I can say is, I think you are not very good at judging wave height.

I rely on what is being reported and my experience. White caps form at
about 3. When it is 3-5 out there you will see 5 footers. Believe
otherwise if you want.

And you are an expert at wave heights? Ever been out in 3-5's? BTW...I
would not go out in them when we had the 21 footer.



So what boat do you have?

http://thebayguide.com/rec.boats/wallys.html

So you cannot handle 5 footers in the boat? Seems like it is not the boat
but the captain.

Looks like Huron Lagoons Marina. We were there for 7 years. You would not
happen to be that drunk across from us (when we were there on the D side)
who fell in the water every weekend would you?