On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:01:17 -0500, Gogarty
wrote:

In article ,
says...

(snip)

The only time my heart is in my throat is when I am running an inlet in a
sailboat.

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Running inlets in a power boat isn't any better. We had a wedding to
attend on Fire Island, Long Island a year ago so we decided to go by
boat since we had gone north for the summer, and FI was sort of on the
way south. On days with only average wind and sea conditions we were
seeing 6 to 10 ft breaking seas in Jones Beach inlet. It really gets
your attention.