Chuck Gould wrote:
On Sep 3, 8:25?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Sep 3, 5:56?am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:58:24 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
I attempted to go out in the little Boston Whaler to help but
quickly determined that I'd probably just add to the problem as another
possible casualty due to the sea state we've had up here for the past few
days. (3-5 footers in close chop).
According to Chuck, those don't exist in the North Atlantic. And we
wouldn't be able to properly judge sea state anyway because "most" of
us are bozos with no experience in judging wave action. :)
Only the Manly Men of the Great Pacific North West can properly judge
sea states. :)
After a moment's thought, I realized that your crap-stuffed comment
was either an unprovoked mean and nasty crack or you hadn't read my
comment in the other thread. You being a bright enough guy that you
don't need to resort to the habitual loser's devices of
misrepresenting the remarks of another party to the discussion and
peppering your retort with personal remarks, I'm sure you missed my
comment where I addressed similar insinuations in the other thread.
You either didn't see it, or chose to ignore it while selectively
assembling the evidence to support your accusation.
So here it is again, Tom.
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We seem to be holding two different conversations simultaneously.
It's deja Chuck, all over again. And again. And again.

Is Chuck transmogrifying into...Skipper? Will we hear tales of sudden
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Hardly. Pay some attention, Krause. I'm claiming that most people
overestimate wave height, not that I'm out braving hurricane force
winds in a 20-some foot trailer boat. My other claim is that it takes
a lot of energy to increase chop from 3 feet to 7 feet, and that the
wind is going to need to be involved. Seems like my remark generated a
lot of wind on this issue, and some of it smells like it's blowing off
a stockyard. :-)


Yes, Chuck, most people overestimate wave height. But not all people.
And since you were not on-site where the original boating mishap that
led to this discussion took place, you don't know what the circumstances
there were, do you?

Sometimes huge waves can be generated without the wind being involved. I
am not saying this is the case in the mishap under discussion. I vaguely
recall a boating mishap in the Kings Bay, Georgia, area, in which there
was no appreciable wind but there were some huge waves.

Tone done yhour condescending attitude, Chuckster. Not only do you not
know most things, you don't even know most things about boating.
Sometimes "stuff happens" out on the water that has no easy explanation.