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On May 11, 11:23 am, HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sun, 11 May 2008 10:46:53 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 11 May 2008 07:20:49 -0400, John H.
wrote:
I once had a little 15' Boston Whaler CC. It spent a lot of Sundays
cruising around from Sandy Point to Annapolis.
But, there were very few days that I'd have taken a pontoon boat into the
bay, and I don't recall ever seeing one in the bay.
--
Most of my boating there was in the south bay, Point lookout, St
Georges Island and such.
When I had my 17' I stayed in the Potomac, Port Tobacco or Ft
Washington.
The bay has a unique chop that just beats the hell out of you if you
don't have a pretty big boat. You could be there in a pontoon but you
would stay wet. You would probably scoop up more than a few sea
nettles and throw them on the deck.
Those three foot wave days are pure misery in a small boat. Hell, they're
no fun in a 27'er either!
But, in a small boat the waves give a little more action to the lures when
trolling. That's the way to justify going out.
Three foot waves are a rarity on Chesapeake Bay.

What gfretwell was discussing was "...a unique chop that just beats the
hell out of you..." That typically is a one to a max of 2 foot chop with
close peaks.- Hide quoted text -

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The Ranger... I knew someone with a Ranger once.. the Ranger would
just fly over the top of those...

Yeah, I'm sure it would. You go fast enough, and you become airborne,
but that doesn't mean you are getting a decent ride. That "Ranger" obeys
the same laws of physics as every other small planing boat. That means
in the hard Bay chop, it rides hard at speed.

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