Dionysus Feldman wrote:

Bob Dimond-

Sorry, Gould, but I don't completely agree. First of all I'm not telling
people to make a crossing in gale force winds. Second a small boat can
handle quite a bit IF YOU KNOW HOW TO MINIMIZE WEATHER ON YOUR BOAT!


df-

So how does one minimize weather on a boat? Say a 24' Sedan cruiser on
Lake Michigan?


Wally--

I was wondering that, too. Maybe he uses an umbrella.

Harry K--

There's a chapter for neophytes like you in Chapman, Wally. It is called
Special Seamanship Techniques. If memory serves, it discusses a number
of ways to reduce the impact of severe weather on you and your boat when
you are at sea.

On a sailboat, for example, you might want to reef the mainsail and
your genny to depower the sail plan.

df--

Thanks Harry.

I didn't notice the entire chapter in Chapman's about reducing weather.
I bought Chapman's for the chapter on how to buy a compass.

Lake Michigan is similar to being at sea, except for the fact that it's
a lake and has very different wave characteristics. And the SeaRay 240
SRV sedan cruiser in question doesn't have much of a sail plan.

Other than that, it was really helpful advice, "Go read about it in a
general text book".



Actually, I'm not even sure what the writer meant by the term "minimize
weather." I'm guessing the intent was to imply "minimize the impact of
heavy weather" on a boat under operation.

In that case, I'd still start with Chapman. Almost any large bookstore
will have other books on seamanship.



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