On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:10:19 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Wayne pretty much summed it up. We specifically *didn't* go out this
past weekend because of high winds and high seas.... I can't only try
to imagine how bad it must have been trying to tow that load....

We were off of Cape Fear twice last year. The interaction of the Gulf
Stream with the shoals seems to produce some very odd sea states even
in relatively calm weather.