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Dramatic Video Of Center Console Sinking
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:17:25 -0400, Alex wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 10/29/2017 12:35 AM, wrote: On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:18:12 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: This could also be titled "How Not to Run an Inlet in Heavy Weather." Burying the bow into the back of the wave in front is not unusual but this is a bit extreme and with the wrong boat. https://www.instagram.com/p/BayTiEmneTm/ Some guys I know were going out of the inlet at St James City into those standing waves in a 24' Carolina skiff. at night. They got sideways to the sea and flipped it. Everyone got out OK but it was scary. They were able to swim home, get another boat and go get the skiff. There's a video somewhere on YouTube of a 48 foot sportsfish capsizing in the same manner leaving Jupiter Inlet. The boat's captain fell out and drowned. Here's a video of some guys on a 34' center console approaching Jupiter inlet. It shows how it gets rougher as you get closer to the inlet due to the shallow water. (and this wasn't a really *bad* day. The guy sitting in front of the console gets soaked at about 2:18 into the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8notH7LZnM That takes some expert throttle control. === Best strategy in my experience is to run slower than the waves with the bow trimmed well up. Once you crest a wave and drive down into the next one in front, you never know what's going to happen. I've been on 50 ft sailboats where we've taken solid green water all the way back to the mast after surfing into the wave in front. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com I thought they were going way to fast for conditions. |
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