From Oswego New York, 3 to 5 foot waves are common on lake Ontario, and you
don't need the a hurricane to make them. Yes, we have fished many times in
3 to 4 foot waves and we start to get off the lake when they hit 5 foot....
but that's us in a 23 foot boat.

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:t2uTc.8313$mD.1821@attbi_s02...
Harry,

I know you don't know a lot about boating, but 2' ft waves, building to 5
ft. waves is in the main body, Only a fool would assume the narrow
shallow
creeks and inlets would experience the same waves that the main body of
the
wave. If you look at the forecast for the inlets, you would see they are
expect 2' to 3' waves.

The forecast for Baltimore is "NE WIND INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH
GUSTS
UP TO 40 KT. WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. A CHANCE OF TSTMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN
AND
TSTMS TAPERING OFF LATE.







"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
jim-- wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
The latest forecast for Chesapeake Bay:

Tonight
NE wind increasing to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt...then N 35
to
40 kt with gusts up to 50 kt after midnight. Waves 2 ft...building to
5
ft after midnight. Widespread heavy rain and scattered tstms in the
evening tapering to scattered showers overnight.


Gusts up to 50 mph? On the Bay...

Too bad it'll be dark...watching five footers or more on the Bay
would
be a sight to see.






Really? 5 footers in Sandusky Bay off Lake Erie are not uncommon.
Why
are
you so excited about 5 footers in the Chesapeake? I would guess the
Bay
has
some pretty nasty seas at times...5 footers are certainly not nasty
although
the winds forecasted certainly are.

Have you ever been out in anything other than 1-2 footers Harry?




The Bay is relatively shallow, Dennis, and where we are, not very wide.
There are significant portions of the shoreline barely above sea level.
With any kind of wind, five foot waves riding on top of a storm surge on
top of water that may only be three to four feet deep out a half mile to
nearly a mile in some places leads to an interesting visual.

Dennis, at best, and I mean at best, you may have been the owner of a
boat that rarely left the dock, according to your own posts. I suspect
if you were out in the ocean or even this Bay on a rough day, you'd
brownstain your shorts.

Pethaps the next time you have a really nasty storm on Lake Erie, you
and your wife should go out in it for some fun. Be sure to let the rest
of us know how the two of you do.

Got a real name, Dennis?
Got an occupation, Dennis?
Got a college degree, Dennis?
Got a working brain, Dennis?

Didn't think so.

--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002