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Reginald P. Smithers III Reginald P. Smithers III is offline
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Default Grrrr...20 knot winds

HK wrote:
Beautiful day, but for the winds. No feeeeshing for me.


Harry,

According to the National Weather Forecast, it is 5-15 knots in the open
part of the bay, with 1 to 2 ft waves. Now I know you have a low transom
boat, and you can't go out in 1 to 2 ft. waves, but with all of the
creeks and inlets off the the CB, there must be hundreds of places that
even you can boat safely.

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/fmtb.../an/anz531.txt

According to
http://www.chesapeakebayweather.com/ the weather is North winds, less
than 10 mph

and lastly it is 10 mph at Annapolis at 10 am
http://noaa.chesapeakebay.net/bayweather.aspx



Since 5 - 15 knots is probably fairly common for the CB, you might have
purchased the wrong boat if you can't use it under those conditions.

I know your LT will send the waves crashing into the boat with 1 ft.
waves, but you can purchase some really nice boots to keep your feet dry at:

http://www.westmarine.com/

I see bass boat fishing in 20 mph winds when it is 30 degrees outside,
so I guess it depends upon your skill level.