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re: Highest Seas You Have Been In On a Private Boat
Posted on 10/4/13 at 9:49 pm to Grouper Picatta
Posted on 10/4/13 at 9:49 pm to Grouper Picatta
I was in 22' Bay Boat in Catfish Lake It got pretty snotty. Probably only 3-4s with some rollers mixed in.
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Posted on 10/4/13 at 9:52 pm to TBoy
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3 to 5 foot seas in a 13 foot Boston Whaler.
That had to suck. I wouldn't want to be in that in calm seas.
Posted on 10/4/13 at 10:02 pm to mister_sportzz
2 ft n a jon boat
Posted on 10/4/13 at 10:11 pm to Grouper Picatta
Bringing the boat back from Cape Verde to French Guiana last year I took a wave that knocked out the starboard fly bridge window which is ~18' off the waterline at 10kts. I'm not scared to say I wore a life vest for the next 3 days straight
Posted on 10/4/13 at 10:27 pm to mister_sportzz
8footers in a 21 ft Cape Horn deep V when I was little with my dad. Mouth of south pass. It was hairy
Posted on 10/5/13 at 7:37 am to TigerTatorTots
In the winter Lake Pontchartain with 5-6s you can see the muddy bottom.
Most difficult I have been in is the Jensen beach jetties, 15-20 knots wind and rollers coming in from offshore and outgoing tide (8 ft tide there). The waves were like walls. I was in a 10 ft boat with very steep waves, very difficult to control the boat and just plain scary.
Biggest waves was in Canary Islands with 25 ft waves coming from the south (Antarctica I guess) all the way across the Atlantic with a wind driver 5-6 footers coming in from about a 120 degree difference. I could go down in the wave trough and only see water looking up. Boats would disappear from view for like 30 seconds so you had to estimate their positions way in advance. 14 ft boat, 20 ft masts. At wave crests you could see the top of the mast on a guy in a trough.
I swamped my boat on the way in there after 8 hrs of racing and the rollers were pushing me towards the GIANT concrete block breakwater that protects the harbor. I was kinda freaking out when a nice safety boat came up and dragged me away. That was the scariest as an adult and knowing what was going on.
Also one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to.
Most difficult I have been in is the Jensen beach jetties, 15-20 knots wind and rollers coming in from offshore and outgoing tide (8 ft tide there). The waves were like walls. I was in a 10 ft boat with very steep waves, very difficult to control the boat and just plain scary.
Biggest waves was in Canary Islands with 25 ft waves coming from the south (Antarctica I guess) all the way across the Atlantic with a wind driver 5-6 footers coming in from about a 120 degree difference. I could go down in the wave trough and only see water looking up. Boats would disappear from view for like 30 seconds so you had to estimate their positions way in advance. 14 ft boat, 20 ft masts. At wave crests you could see the top of the mast on a guy in a trough.
I swamped my boat on the way in there after 8 hrs of racing and the rollers were pushing me towards the GIANT concrete block breakwater that protects the harbor. I was kinda freaking out when a nice safety boat came up and dragged me away. That was the scariest as an adult and knowing what was going on.
Also one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 8:01 am to mister_sportzz
3 worth mentioning:
-40+ ft (approximating...greenwater on the bridge glass) on a 327' vessel.
-Served a stint doing cold-weather operations & long range maritime navigation Instruction in Kodiak, Alaska. Wasn't uncommon to go out in 15+ foot seas in a 12 foot Zodiac. Creepy & disorienting being surrounded by walls of water down in the troughs, only able to get your visual bearings when briefly topping swells.
-Scariest ever was 5+ foot swells in a 10-foot Jon boat during a fast-moving squall on Lake Somerville. Never thought a small lake could do that.
-40+ ft (approximating...greenwater on the bridge glass) on a 327' vessel.
-Served a stint doing cold-weather operations & long range maritime navigation Instruction in Kodiak, Alaska. Wasn't uncommon to go out in 15+ foot seas in a 12 foot Zodiac. Creepy & disorienting being surrounded by walls of water down in the troughs, only able to get your visual bearings when briefly topping swells.
-Scariest ever was 5+ foot swells in a 10-foot Jon boat during a fast-moving squall on Lake Somerville. Never thought a small lake could do that.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 9:38 am to CoastieGM
quote:
-40+ ft (approximating...greenwater on the bridge glass) on a 327' vessel.
That had to be pretty incredible/intense to see.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 11:28 am to stewie
A few years ago there was a story on the hull truth about a couple of guys on a 31 Cape Horn that got caught in a winter storm off grand isle. They were lucky to make it back.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 12:35 pm to mister_sportzz
Boynton Beach inlet.
Ten foot rollers
28 foot Intrepid
Throwing a sabiki at the front of the boat.
Pretty fun. Went to my knees a couple of times.
Ten foot rollers
28 foot Intrepid
Throwing a sabiki at the front of the boat.
Pretty fun. Went to my knees a couple of times.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 1:46 pm to mister_sportzz
I don't know officially but when the boat went into the trough we had to look up at the crest and you could not see the horizon.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 2:28 pm to CoastieGM
I gotta say that after reading this I feel like a little bitch being scared about an 8/6 mixed swell out of Bodega bay in my 18-footer. You win Coastie.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 3:10 pm to DonChowder
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8/6 mixed swell out of Bodega bay in my 18-footer
If you were really in 6-8' choppy seas in an 18 foot boat, you were in real danger.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 3:13 pm to DonChowder
quote:
Bodega bay
Went there to watch the sun come up behind us.
Our honeymoon.
We were trashed and still awake in Sonoma
Breakfast at Howard's cafe was nice.
This post was edited on 10/5/13 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 10/5/13 at 3:52 pm to AHouseDivided
40ft on the uss dale(275' guided missile cruiser) in the north atlantic.
Storm lasted 3 days and was below zero the whole time.
Needless to say I didn't sleep for 3 days
Storm lasted 3 days and was below zero the whole time.
Needless to say I didn't sleep for 3 days
Posted on 10/5/13 at 3:57 pm to stewie
If memory serves me correct it was roughly an 8 ft swell from the NW on about a 10 sec interval with a 6 ft SW swell on an 8 second interval. To say that I was shitting myself was an understatement.
And all for a couple of empty crab pots. Stupidity is trusting NOAA to give accurate forecasts instead of looking at real time weather buoy data.
But now I'm happy to be making some tuna tacos for lunch, posting on the OB and getting ready for some tiger football.
And all for a couple of empty crab pots. Stupidity is trusting NOAA to give accurate forecasts instead of looking at real time weather buoy data.
But now I'm happy to be making some tuna tacos for lunch, posting on the OB and getting ready for some tiger football.
Posted on 10/5/13 at 5:06 pm to stewie
quote:
-40+ ft (approximating...greenwater on the bridge glass) on a 327' vessel.
quote:
That had to be pretty incredible/intense to see.
That was the first strong storm I ever sailed through, so I thought it was normal.
Was also too young/stupid to realize what I was witnessing (only 17 yrs old)...just thought it was really cool at the time.
This post was edited on 10/5/13 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 10/6/13 at 6:40 pm to mister_sportzz
15-18 footers aboard Steve Tomeny's "Louisiana!"
Posted on 10/6/13 at 6:47 pm to CHEDBALLZ
30 foot rollers on a "public" boat.....
12-15 rollers off VA beach in a 60 foot
but was nothing as bad as choppy 6-8s in the gulf..
12-15 rollers off VA beach in a 60 foot
but was nothing as bad as choppy 6-8s in the gulf..
Posted on 10/6/13 at 7:38 pm to mister_sportzz
10-12 in a 23 ft sailboat crossing the gulf stream from Bimini to Miami.
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