Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 21 Aug 2006 14:41:30 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


Wayne.B wrote:

On 21 Aug 2006 13:37:37 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


The chart refers to waves of 4-6 meters at Force 7, but again those
would be swells.

Not necessarily so.

Force 7 over open water for a day or two will produce the real thing
with lots of breaking crests, nothing "swell" about them. Mix in a
little adverse current at the same time and you could produce some
really steep 4 to 6 meter waves. This happens fairly frequently in
the gulf stream between Florida and the Bahamas, especially in the
winter months.

I would certainly defer to your local knowledge in that regard.
Good reason not to be on the water during a Force 7 in the winter
months down there.


Buncha Pansies...

Why in my day, we'd go out in a 13 foot Swampscott dory and row our
way to Gloucester just for lunch in weather like that.

Up hill.

Both ways.

Force 7 indeed - hell, we did it in Force 10 weather without breaking
a sweat.


Tom.. you're starting to sound like NOYB's patients down there in
Florida. You know those guys who wear their pants almost up to their
armpits and the white buck shoes...