Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:20:27 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:07 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
At any speed INTO the waves
over 12 kts, she would pound. Turning and going the other way WITH
the waves, I could go over 20 kts.with almost no pounding.
Believe it or not, you just answered your own question.
For some reason that I can't explain, the rest of the post was cut
off.
Anyway...
With skiff style hull, the faster you go, the better the ride because
the boat will tend to skip along the tops of the waves rather than
ride them. It's the same way with my bay boat - the faster in a heavy
chop or waves one to two, the better the ride. There are
circumstances where that doesn't work all that well, but you wouldn't
be out in that kind of weather.
Heheh. I'd love to see that down here on the Bay with our nasty chop.
Bring a cup in which to spit your teeth.
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