Forecast

Hi, All. I kind of liked this one from NOAA concerning the Cheasapeake Bay: THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. WAVES 2 FT IN ICE FREE WATERS. Obviously, the way to avoid the chop and maintain boat speed is to stay on the ice. Cheers Charlie P.S. For those unfamiliar, in the Cheasapeake Bay waves that are 2 feet high are only about 4 feet apart. When the waves built up, you can really rattle your teeth, rig, and hull. 5 foot waves (rare) are practically non-fatal.

Husar, Charlie wrote: > > > > Obviously, the way to avoid the chop and maintain boat speed is to stay > on the ice. > Absolutely. My iceboat does 30 mph easily. But once it goes in the water, it's VERY slow. > > > > P.S. For those unfamiliar, in the Cheasapeake Bay waves that are 2 feet > high are only about 4 feet apart. When the waves built up, you can > really rattle your teeth, rig, and hull. > We had a training for new schooner crew last night and the nav. guy had brought in a bunch of for-training-only charts, which were of Chesapeake Bay's mouth. It's as shallow as the home of my other boat, Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. We have the same thing: steep, close waves. Lake Erie is, I have read, the same way. Chris Campbell

And you can add Long Island Sound - typical reports are 'wave height 2 feet, wave period 2 seconds.' Sometimes when it blows the right way you can get 'wave height 4 feet, wave period 2 seconds.' Take your dentures out first. What, don't have dentures? You will..... td From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Chris Campbell Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 1:16 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Forecast Husar, Charlie wrote: Obviously, the way to avoid the chop and maintain boat speed is to stay on the ice. Absolutely. My iceboat does 30 mph easily. But once it goes in the water, it's VERY slow. P.S. For those unfamiliar, in the Cheasapeake Bay waves that are 2 feet high are only about 4 feet apart. When the waves built up, you can really rattle your teeth, rig, and hull. We had a training for new schooner crew last night and the nav. guy had brought in a bunch of for-training-only charts, which were of Chesapeake Bay's mouth. It's as shallow as the home of my other boat, Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. We have the same thing: steep, close waves. Lake Erie is, I have read, the same way. Chris Campbell DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems.