gudmundur wrote:
My little boat is only a 15ft 4Winns open bow Catalina (Like the
current Horizon models). I would like to do some 'near shore' diving
on Lake Erie, no more than perhaps 1 mile off shore. Is this boat
just to damn small? Off course I am sensible enough to only go out
on a calm day.

I am thinking back all those years ago when I was only about 12,
and my family had a 22ft Trojan cabin cruiser at Conneaut Harbour,
and I felt that even the 22 footer was 'challenged' once off shore
a distance. I think I have seen bigger waves on Erie in a storm, than
I have at Virginia Beach.

We took our 24' Baja out on Lake Erie twice last year and had ZERO
problems and TONS O' FUN. Maybe we got lucky - both were excellent
weather days, minimal chop, and great tubing action.

We launched at Geneva On The Lake (Geneva, OH), never got out of sight
of the boat launch area, were consistently in 25+ feet of water, and had
two wonderful days with my brother's family.

As another poster said, keep your eyes on the weather and be prepared
for a quick getaway and you should be fine.


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G.D.Smith
Harpers Ferry, WV

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