"Bill Cole" wrote in message
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The difference is being able to outrun bad weather. Bluewater is normally
considered way offshore, (I normally think about it being over 100 miles
offshore, some people think bluewater is when you cross an ocean, who the
heck knows). If you are in the middle of the Great Lakes and a fast front
moves through, you may not be able to outrun it, but a fast front will also
blow over quickly. I have seen sailboats demasted by storms in both the
Great Lakes and the ocean. An heavy built boat will continue to float after
being demasted, a lightly built sailboat can actually crack in half. I
think it was in San Diego America's Cup, a boat built for 15 knots winds
split in the middle when the wind picked up to 20 knots.

If you are boating close to shore, I would not worry about boating in a
SeaRay.

People do not boat "off shore" on the Great Lakes in a Sea Ray? Lakes Superior and
Huron are close to 200 miles in breadth.

http://coas****ch.glerl.noaa.gov/sta.../physical.html

And "blue water" is 100 miles off shore??????? Really? Perhaps to you because it now
suits your argument.