On Jun 4, 10:09?am, "NOYB" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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On Jun 4, 9:52?am, "JimH" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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On Jun 2, 3:20?pm, "JimH" wrote:
.............miss this by a safe margin:

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What winds were associated with that front?

Gusts to about 30-35 mph. The area around Sandusky to Vermilion was
under a
tornado watch also.

Good thing you didn't venture out.

25-30 kt winds *should* keep nearly everybody in port, certainly
including folks with most runabouts. My boat is a bit bigger, but my
personal standard of comfort is to stay put when it's blowing 25 knots
or better.

25 knots or less is an OK standard, but 15 knots or less is best. We went
out in 25-30 knot winds about a week ago south of Marathon, Florida...and
seas were 7-10' with a 4-5 second period. Not fun. I haven't been nervous
in a boat too many times in my life, but dropping off a 10 foot wave that
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Most of my boating is in the "inland" waters of Puget Sound and SW BC.

We don't get the wave height that you experience offshore, we simply
get waves that are darn nearly vertical and spaced less than a boat
length apart. A non-stop series of those, even at just 5 feet, can be
pretty interesting.

I wouldn't start across one of our more open areas, (such as the
Strait of Georgia or the Strait of Juan de Fuca) in a 25-knot wind. 20
can be pretty iffy, 15 would be better, and dead calm is best yet. :-)

A link to a useful version of the Beufort scale- it's marinized and
forecasts probable wave heights.

http://www.cruise-charter.net/sailin...ort-scale.aspx