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(Backyard Renegade) wrote in message . com...
ospam (Chris) wrote in message ...
Heading out on the sound to do some kayaking in the near future and I have a
question. This situation is completely hypothetical: If the National Weather
Service forecasts winds of 15-20kts from the north on Long Island Sound and
wave heights of say....2-3ft, does this mean that these max wave heights will
be on the north shore of Long Island, considering the wind direction? So when
I read NWS wave height forecasts for the sound, should I take off or add to
them based on which shore I am on relative to the wind direction? Thanks in
advance to anyone that is able to help.

Chris

I do not have a definitive answer for you on this and honestly, I
don't actually pop out of the CT River into the sound all that often,
but no one else has chimed in here so I will.

I live a couple of miles from the sound and boat a lot in the River, I
talk a lot to other boaters who have grown up on the sound all their
lives. One thing they all have always told me is the sound can not be
forcasted, if they say 1-2 foot waves do not discount a bunch of 5
footers, from who knows where... or a squall from the same place. They
all tell me, even in good weather you should be in a boat and have the
ability to handle that boat in 5 footers if necessary. Sometimes I
scoff at them when they tell me the 20 footer I am building is not
really big enough for the sound because of the way things come up so
fast.. and they just snarl at me. Take it for what it is worth.
Scotty
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I've been out a few times in a 24 footer with high freeboard
and full canvas, wishing I was somewhere else. One of those
times was right outside the breakwater at Old Saybrook.