On Mon, 21 May 2012 23:22:30 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 21 May 2012 21:17:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm still of the opinion that 6" crests six feet apart are no worse than 6" crests one foot apart.

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That's because 6 inches is small relative to the size of your boat.
Change the proportions to something like 4 feet 40 feet apart vs 4
feet 400 feet apart.

True - but the original comment had to do with 6" to 12" wavelets. The Chesapeake, as I'm sure you
know, isn't quite big enough to get 4'ers 400' apart. When we get 4'ers there's a whole lot of wind
coming from somewhere, and I wouldn't have been out there with my 21'er. I've done it - but that's
'cause I got caught in a quick thunderstorm. Then the waves were higher than I could see over when I
was in a trough. Didn't have a GPS then, and was lucky the compass was working.