We are normally on Erie every other weekend or so through the summer.
You'd be out of your mind to take a 15' open bow boat out there.
The water can change in an instant from glassy smooth to swampers.

"gudmundur" wrote in message
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My little boat is only a 15ft 4Winns open bow Catalina (Like the
current Horizon models). I would like to do some 'near shore' diving
on Lake Erie, no more than perhaps 1 mile off shore. Is this boat
just to damn small? Off course I am sensible enough to only go out
on a calm day.

I am thinking back all those years ago when I was only about 12,
and my family had a 22ft Trojan cabin cruiser at Conneaut Harbour,
and I felt that even the 22 footer was 'challenged' once off shore
a distance. I think I have seen bigger waves on Erie in a storm, than
I have at Virginia Beach.

"bomar" wrote in message
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We are normally on Erie every other weekend or so through the summer.
You'd be out of your mind to take a 15' open bow boat out there.


Watch the weather and you will be safe. You are always provided with ample
warning (a change in clouds, wind picking up, etc) before a storm hits,
especially if you keep the weather channel on your marine radio. He is only
talking a mile or so off shore.

The water can change in an instant from glassy smooth to swampers.

More folklore than fact. Yes, the Lake can change from glass to whitecaps
in a short time, but it does not happen in an instant. There is always time
to react if you are paying attention.

I would not recommend taking that boat out, however, if there are whitecaps
or if a small craft advisory is forecast.

What can and does happen is that the lake changes so fast that the 5-10
min. trip out turns into and hour back and in an hour it can go from
glass to 3-4's. That and as I said before the wakes make it foolish to
take a 15 ft. boat out there to fish.

JimH,
Thanks, I bookmarked it.
Paul

JimH wrote:
"Paul Schilter" ""paulschilter\"@comcast dot net" wrote in message
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gudmundur,
Isn't Lake Erie a bit shallow a mile off shore? What would you see, sand,
weeds? I've done a few dives in Lake Huron about a mile of Lexington.
There's a wrecked tug boat named the Sport that's at 60 feet. Also a
wrecked freighter named the Price that about the same depth. Still found
it rather boring but a good excuse to stay in practice and wet. Crunching
up zebra mussels and feeding them to the golbies was about it. Visibility
was about 20 feet, not the best.
Paul



Plenty of shipwrecks in Lake Erie:

http://www.alcheminc.com/shipwrck.html

Saw a lot of scuba diving on the north end of Kelley's Island over the
years, just east of the State Park campgrounds..

On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:21:43 -0000, (gudmundur)
wrote:

My little boat is only a 15ft 4Winns open bow Catalina (Like the
current Horizon models). I would like to do some 'near shore' diving
on Lake Erie, no more than perhaps 1 mile off shore. Is this boat
just to damn small? Off course I am sensible enough to only go out
on a calm day.

Whan I was a young boy in the Hamptons, I would take my 10' Sunfish
out in 8' breakers reguarly. Its more about the ability of the person,
than the boat.
--
Bush and the NeoConvicts who control him
are destroying the once-great United States.

Harry
Don't ever get around me. I will hurt you, ASSHOLE.

Harry Krause wrote:
Jim P. wrote:

Harry
Don't ever get around me. I will hurt your ASSHOLE.


Well, in that case, I'll keep it well covered.
You might prefer Tuuks.



Hee hee! You've got a future in 'stand up comedy' when you tire of
suffering the fools here.