"Tamaroak" wrote in message
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This is why I'm staying in Minnesota. The water is hard here almost all
year long and won't form into big waves.

Capt. Jeff

While iceboating with my grandfather on the Hudson River many years ago, we
observed a large freighter fully laden cruising at a very high speed. We
were sailing out near the channel when I notice the wake from the ship was
raising the ice nearly three feet. We came about immediately and headed for
shore just as fast as we could (which even on an antique ice boat is pretty
fast). From the safety of dry land we watched as the wake rolled into the
shore raising the ice right along with it.

The ice was about 12 inches thick that day and got broken up pretty good.
Needless to say it ended our iceboating for the day, but by the next day, it
had setup very nicely and we enjoyed some great sailing. I've never seen
anything like this since, but the moral to the story is.....solid ice can be
made to form into some pretty big waves.

rjc