"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Mr Wizzard wrote:

Water is always level....

Hohohohohohehehehehehahahaha.
So what are you saying here? Swells, chop,
yeah, suspose the boat can bob up/down for
a bit, and a few degrees here, and there, but
that doesn't make it non-level (addressing
basic static resistance). Bobing up/down in
a huge wake, swell, etc., even for short burts
doesn't really even change static resistance
(levelness) in my mind, because at thst point
all you are really doing is rolling fore/aft around
the CG point (center of gravity) of the vessel, no ?
Try running a few ocean inlets, say, St. Augustine Inlet, Matanzas
Inlet, St. Mary's Inlet, Mayport Inlet, and report back on how level
the water is.

Some days there are four to five foot breaking rollers coming in these
inlets, and several of them are quite long. The water in them is not
level.

Good Gawd, 4-5 foot rollers ? So how fast (typically) would
one be going to "work" thru rollers like that?

It depends upon the local conditions. Really, there is no pat answer. In
some of those inlets, on some days, I've had to run at least 15 knots to
maintain headway, especially at the end of the day when lots of boats
are coming in and you don't want to be broached because the boat behind
you might slam into you. You need enough speed to maintain steering
control. If you know what you are doing, it's fun "surfing" your way in.
That's the inlet at Mayport, Florida.

At St. Augustine Inlet, it typically isn't that rough, but there is
sometimes a five to six knot current and some of the slower boats seem
to take nearly forever getting out into the ocean.


Out on the ocean, four to five foot waves are common and the typical
pleasure boat may be riding up those waves and then down those waves.
You'll lose speed going "uphill" in the water and if you're not careful
going "downhill," you'll not only pick up speed, you might broach. Your
engine will lose RPM and then gain it back in a hurry because on the
other side of the peak as you are headed to the trough, your boat, for
all intents and purposes, may approach instances where there is nothing
for the engine to push.

I see. Interesting. Man, and here I tought navigating around
Mr/Mrs Doe pulling little Johnny around on a inner tube on
the local lake was tough going.


As for water having the same thickness, well, if you're out in an ocean
storm and the waves are breaking, you'll oft find yourself with your
prop in "foamy" water. The "water" there is not quite as thick as you
might think! (Yes, I know what you are saying."

Never knew this either. Thanks for the info.

On the small lakes where Netscum is able to run his daddy's alleged jet
boat, I am sure the water is relatively flat. Has to be for the kinds
of
speeds he is claiming.

So here's a question for ya. I got this new Bayliner 175 Capi, right?
Been on the local lakes here in the NW, some of which are huge.
So just how durable is a boat like this in the big waves? Secifically,
when you "land". The reason I ask is, on a few ocassions, I didn't
calculate the wave, and speed correctly, and hit really hard. And on
one recent occasion this last weekend, I came down *SO* hard
that I heard my front teeth hit my lower teeth, and scared the ****
out of me so much that I actually shut the boat down, and had to
stop and get my witts back. So I'm wondering what possible
damage I could have done to the boat? I was going "maybe" 20-ish.
I'm wondering if something like this could knock the motor/outdrive
out of alignment, or worse yet, crack/break something. What of the
battery? - the lead plates can't be overly durable, can they ?
Man, I just want to forget that moment, because I *never* knew
a boat on water could land, and slam "that" hard on water.

I don't know how durable your boat is. One of my boats is a 25' Parker,
weighs about 7000 pounds, and is built like an oak tree. I always slow
down when hitting a substantial boat wake or short choppy waves. It's
easier on the boat. You can break things on your boat, like seats, and
you can crack your hull or your decks. Boats are damaged all the time by
hitting waves at too high a speed and then slamming down into the
troughs. Best to slow down; easier on you, easier on the boat.
Especially in a smaller boat. Boat repairs are usually very expensive,
and spinal cord injuries are even worse.

Really? ****. That one I hit the other day still worries me.
I wonder if there is something I should check to see if I
really hurt anything. Or will it become evident over time?
I was hoping that it felt/sounded worse than it really was,
but I'm starting to wonder now. Oh well, too late now,
I'll just be more carefull.