The biggest waves Booby sees are those he makes when he steps on the boat.

Cheers MC

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Also, it's not just about wind speed. In protected waters, the
scale doesn't apply as directly as it does offshore. It's also
about wave heights and behavior.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...

Force 9 conditions is more properly called a gale or strong gale. Most
"sailors" consider anything about force 6 to be somewhat challenging. This

past

sunday we sailed in Force 7 and maybe Force 8 for a bit.
More than you could handle. But I suppose you call anything above force 5

heavy

air right up to force 12!!

But I'm sure you can quickly conjure up a story of how you were in this

storm

or that! And some folks here will believe you!

Bwahahahha!