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/

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.

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/

He must have thought his boat was as good as those Coast Guard lifeboats.

On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 6:08:27 AM UTC-5, John H 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/

He must have thought his boat was as good as those Coast Guard lifeboats.

I thought he was riding the wake of something bigger. Not good.

On 10/28/2017 11:18 PM, 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/



Yuck. Jupiter Inlet can be dangerous even in larger boats. I used it
several times with the Navigator and, unless it was flat calm, it was
always a bit nerve wracking.

It also has shouling issues that shifts the bottom and deep water areas
after storms. Before going out I usually called Boat US because they
provided up to date information as to where to head as you left the
inlet or upon your return. Often, they didn't recommend using it at
all, especially during the winter months when the off shore seas down
there tend to be rough.

During the time I had the boat there the USCG did not list Jupiter Inlet
as a "navigable" passage and recommended using another inlet south of
it in the Palm Beach area. Don't know if that has changed.

On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:50:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/28/2017 11:18 PM, 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/



Yuck. Jupiter Inlet can be dangerous even in larger boats. I used it
several times with the Navigator and, unless it was flat calm, it was
always a bit nerve wracking.

It also has shouling issues that shifts the bottom and deep water areas
after storms. Before going out I usually called Boat US because they
provided up to date information as to where to head as you left the
inlet or upon your return. Often, they didn't recommend using it at
all, especially during the winter months when the off shore seas down
there tend to be rough.

During the time I had the boat there the USCG did not list Jupiter Inlet
as a "navigable" passage and recommended using another inlet south of
it in the Palm Beach area. Don't know if that has changed.



===

There have been a lot of mishaps there. The charts say "Passage not
recommended without local knowledge of all hazardous conditions
affecting the area."

Of course local boats use it all the time and some get in trouble.
Several years ago a big sportfish broached on the face of a breaking
wave and the captain was thrown overboard from the flybridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Psa49dMJdU

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

On 10/29/2017 9:05 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:50:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/28/2017 11:18 PM, 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/



Yuck. Jupiter Inlet can be dangerous even in larger boats. I used it
several times with the Navigator and, unless it was flat calm, it was
always a bit nerve wracking.

It also has shouling issues that shifts the bottom and deep water areas
after storms. Before going out I usually called Boat US because they
provided up to date information as to where to head as you left the
inlet or upon your return. Often, they didn't recommend using it at
all, especially during the winter months when the off shore seas down
there tend to be rough.

During the time I had the boat there the USCG did not list Jupiter Inlet
as a "navigable" passage and recommended using another inlet south of
it in the Palm Beach area. Don't know if that has changed.



===

There have been a lot of mishaps there. The charts say "Passage not
recommended without local knowledge of all hazardous conditions
affecting the area."

Of course local boats use it all the time and some get in trouble.
Several years ago a big sportfish broached on the face of a breaking
wave and the captain was thrown overboard from the flybridge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Psa49dMJdU



What's weird about Jupiter Inlet is that from shore the waves don't look
all that big but if you watch a Sportsfish (like the one shown in your
link) leave the inlet, the whole boat, including the upper station will
disappear as it rides down between the incoming swells or waves.

Wayne.B Wrote in message:
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/


Never surf a wave. Especially in an open bow boat or your boa t
could become a bay-liner.
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:45:55 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Wayne.B Wrote in message:
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/


Never surf a wave. Especially in an open bow boat or your boa t
could become a bay-liner.

I suppose laughing at that would be cruel. But I did so anyway.