"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:44:31 -0400, "jim--" wrote:


"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:02:27 -0400, "jim--" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Five footers on Chesapeake Bay ain't pretty. It's not like five
footers
out on the ocean. On the Bay, waves that size are going to be
breaking,
and with the shifty winds, coming at you from several directions, and
with the peaks fairly close together. Running five footers on the
ocean
can be fun; on the Bay, it loosens your fillings.



No worse than 5 footers on shallow Lake Erie. Not fun but no big deal.


Harry gives a good description of what 5 footers are on Lake Erie.

Anyone that says 5 footers on Lake Erie are no big deal, watch them on
tv from their living room.

Sorry Wally, been out in 3-5's many times. No big deal.


Three footers and five footers on Lake Erie are two completely different
animals.

What boat do you have?

I just sold a 3200 Maxum SCR. Prior to that I had a Sundancer 270. Prior
to that I had a Chris Craft Scorpion 210. Any my very first boat was a 16
foot trihull for inland lakes. I have been on the water all my life.

We live less than a mile from the Lake. We boated for the past 25+ years
and have been in waves up to 6-8 footers with the Maxum...in fact from
Leamington, Canada to Kelley's Island. We went out regularly in 3-5 footers
to get to the islands. I picked up the Searay and delivered it to our dock
in at least 3-5 footers.

And if you don't know that waves are observed in a 3-5 foot category, as
well as others, then you obviously don't boat.

Yep 3-5 footers are not comfortable but they are not terrible.

So what boat do you have?