Buckethead905
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Pics and videos really don’t offer much justice to how bad conditions really are. I think a safe rule of thumb here would be to almost double how big the waves look in the pics and videos.
Very hard to catch waves on film for sure. A lot of times I would try to get a good look at them but it never looks like anything. I was glad to get the flybridge back there to get a bit of a reference, but it sure doesn't convey the experience.
I do have a history of exactly that - I don't know if I've ever mentioned it here but years ago I built a sailboat with pretty traditional wood construction, screwed something up and cracked a couple of ribs on it while it was glueing up...that same week I had a fight and caught a knee in the fourth round that just leveled me and cracked a couple of my ribs (incidentally a liver shot so hard you crack ribs, is about the worst thing you ever want to experience, and doing it in front of people and flopping down to the canvas and crying in public does not improve the moment at all). Despite this injury, I agreed to stick with plans to go out with a friend and do some dumb stuff with an inflatable in weather that was probably worse than that crossing, and we dropped it off a big wave, obviously jarring the hell out of my ribs which sucked out loud, but also putting a big crack right in the hull just inboard of the float tube...a cracked RIB. I'd probably leave it there but the following day my wife thought she would improve my by-then somewhat miserable state by experimenting with a finer dining experience, and made what would ordinarily have seemed like a fantastic dish: pork spareribs rubbed with rock salt and cracked pepper.I think your profile name conveys the experience
That was awesome!!!!This is F***** !
I have crossed the strait in my uncles 40 tolly a few times like that over the last decade. maybe not that rough but close. not fun. when i was a kid i remember ripping across on his 27 magnum and we would go down in between swell and only be able to see a wall of water on either side of us. I would never even think of going out in conditions like that now that i have my own boat im way to chicken.
Last year I crossed to French Creek on my way to Bamfield in conditions like that. I almost felt better that I was solo so I wouldn't have the added stress of passengers. Not a chance I could go straight there with a SE hammering me broadside. I had to point out to Gabriola, then straight back into Sechelt until finally I could get her pointed back toward French Creek. I can handle straight on big stuff but there's always that one angle of attack that really puckers the old b hole.It's sailing, but that is why I like it.
Those kingfishers need a higher bow
Agreed, he burried it pretty good a couple times.Those kingfishers need a higher bow
I think that’s more the captain. Gotta power up n down with the light kingfishers. He just plowed.Agreed, he burried it pretty good a couple times.
The bows on some of those kingfishers are 18 inches from the waterlineI think that’s more the captain. Gotta power up n down with the light kingfishers. He just plowed.