On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:28:17 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Any hurricanes in CT last Tuesday?

Oh - a little NW cruiser wave envy perhaps? :)

Not unlikely at all. And as an "experienced" boater, I've seen 6
footers come out of no where in that area - in particular on a SW
wind.

LIS is infamous for large unruly waves in several areas under SW wind
conditions - the reason being, depending on the tide, the entire
Atlantic Ocean is trying to cram itself into a limited area. Opposing
tides and the right winds, you can get into trouble in a hurry. In
particular in that area.

Ask Scot what we were into at Westerly Reef last Thursday and it was
beautiful out - light winds, but tidal movement into Fisher's Island
Sound was building three footers right at the channel entrance. When
we ran outside Fisher's down to Westerly we caught some major air
twice on waves out of no where. Go ahead, ask him. Three footers and
that was nearly calm conditions.

I've been in Narragansett Bay at Newport with 10/15 mph wind from the
North and East Passage building 4/5' just because of opposing wind and
tides.

Maybe you guys out in the NW need to come East and learn how to boat
in real wind and wave action. :)

With respect to the situation, they did exactly what I would have
done, although I might not have abandoned the boat completely. I
wasn't there so I don't know.