On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:31:05 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

The seas weren't breaking and
were nothing even close to those in your video, but they were fast
moving and big enough to lift the stern so high that the rudders
became useless. Each time one caught up and passed under the boat it
deposited it in a heading that was probably 20 - 30 degrees off my
intended course.

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Yes, once your boat starts skidding sideways down the front of a wave
you begin to appreciate how much energy is involved, and how quickly
things could go wrong.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:49:13 -0500, wrote:

I am not quite sure why the guys in the pictures don't have more power
on the prop. If you look in the background, that really just looks
like standing waves in the inlet.

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From the looks I don't think they are high powered boats, probably
heavy displacement hulls made for carrying a lot of fish like our
local shrimp boat fleet at Fort Myers Beach. Even if you do have the
power, one of the risks is coming over the crest too fast and stuffing
your bow down into the trough. If the bow digs in too deep and a
wave picks up under the stern, the whole boat can pitch pole end over
end. That will definitely ruin your entire day.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:49:13 -0500, wrote:

I am not quite sure why the guys in the pictures don't have more power
on the prop. If you look in the background, that really just looks
like standing waves in the inlet.

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From the looks I don't think they are high powered boats, probably
heavy displacement hulls made for carrying a lot of fish like our
local shrimp boat fleet at Fort Myers Beach. Even if you do have the
power, one of the risks is coming over the crest too fast and stuffing
your bow down into the trough. If the bow digs in too deep and a
wave picks up under the stern, the whole boat can pitch pole end over
end. That will definitely ruin your entire day.

I think that is New Zealand and not Washington. Look for video of fishing
boats returning to the worlds smallest harbor. Depot Bay, OR. Short
narrow entrance, with a kink in the middle.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:13:15 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

I think that is New Zealand and not Washington.

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Correct. The guy who originally posted the link to one of my EMAIL
lists got the location wrong.