You might want to pick up a copy of Chapman's Seamanship & Small Boat
Handling. Good info on nasty water, along with a TON of other boating info.
You'll be reading it all winter.

Tip: Take a look at www.powells.com for a used copy. The rough weather info
will be the same or close enough, but you'll get a really funny bonus: A
section on proper yacht club wardrobe. It's a gas. :-) I see they have a
used copy of the 1966 edition...that should have the wardrobe info.


"Dionysus Feldman" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any advice for facing 3+ foot waves in a 24-foot (Sea
Ray 240 SRV -- planing -- ~5000 lb displacement) boat?

How do I know the difference between the jitters and being stupid?

(We want to go across Lake Michigan to Chicago this weekend, and the
weather might be rough.)