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Good video of boats in big breaking waves
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0
Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. --------------------------------------------------------- WOW! You're right Wayne, that was scary. Those guys are nuts. I've forgotten where it was ... I think it was just south of the Wrightsville Beach area ... and I was trying to pick up the ICW from the outside heading south. There had been a storm that passed up the coast and I found myself in some good sized, fast moving and closely spaced swells traveling on the same heading as I had to go to pick up the inlet. This was on the Navigator. 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. I tried zig-zaging a bit, but that really didn't help much and I couldn't go fast enough in the area to try to "surf". It was a 45 minute, white knuckled ride until I finally made it into the inlet. I learned not to fight it and to not try to over-compensate with the helm, but rather just make a heading adjustment whenever the rudders would bite. I can't even imagine being in the seas those fishing boats were in. |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
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Good video of boats in big breaking waves
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:36:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. I've gone to Ilwaco four times with brothers to go salmon fishing. Twice we made it out the mouth of the river, and twice we turned back. Even on the 'calm' days a lot of folks were hitting the Dramamine! Only caught two salmon. Had to throw them both back - out of season. |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
In article ,
says... On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:36:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. I've gone to Ilwaco four times with brothers to go salmon fishing. Twice we made it out the mouth of the river, and twice we turned back. Even on the 'calm' days a lot of folks were hitting the Dramamine! Only caught two salmon. Had to throw them both back - out of season. If the salmon were out of season, why did you go salmon fishing, Racist John? |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:53:12 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:36:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. I've gone to Ilwaco four times with brothers to go salmon fishing. Twice we made it out the mouth of the river, and twice we turned back. Even on the 'calm' days a lot of folks were hitting the Dramamine! Only caught two salmon. Had to throw them both back - out of season. If the salmon were out of season, why did you go salmon fishing, Racist John? The Coho were out of season, and that's what I caught. Of course you know all about salmon fishing, so I won't go into any more detail. |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
On 12/11/12 10:54 AM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:53:12 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:36:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. I've gone to Ilwaco four times with brothers to go salmon fishing. Twice we made it out the mouth of the river, and twice we turned back. Even on the 'calm' days a lot of folks were hitting the Dramamine! Only caught two salmon. Had to throw them both back - out of season. If the salmon were out of season, why did you go salmon fishing, Racist John? The Coho were out of season, and that's what I caught. Of course you know all about salmon fishing, so I won't go into any more detail. I prefer "John the Racist" to Racist John. John the Racist has much more of a religious overtone to it. :) |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
On 12/11/2012 11:00 AM, ESAD wrote:
On 12/11/12 10:54 AM, GuzzisRule wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:53:12 -0500, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:36:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: http://www.youtube.com/embed/ByGSMmenPDM?rel=0 Columbia River Bar on the left coast. If you can watch this without having your heart in your mouth then you have never been boating in rough conditions. I've gone to Ilwaco four times with brothers to go salmon fishing. Twice we made it out the mouth of the river, and twice we turned back. Even on the 'calm' days a lot of folks were hitting the Dramamine! Only caught two salmon. Had to throw them both back - out of season. If the salmon were out of season, why did you go salmon fishing, Racist John? The Coho were out of season, and that's what I caught. Of course you know all about salmon fishing, so I won't go into any more detail. I prefer "John the Racist" to Racist John. John the Racist has much more of a religious overtone to it. :) I prefer that you ESAD. ;-) |
Good video of boats in big breaking waves
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. === 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. |
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