Long Is Sound last Saturday afternoon
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Long Is Sound last Saturday afternoon
My 382 was probably the slowest and nearly the only powerboat boat out there Saturday afternoon. Sea's were 3's an occasional 5. I trimmed 3 down backed off to 30 MPH and had a fairly soft ride. My Granddaughter was asleep in the back seat so I wasn't going to get crazy but I couldn't help but wonder what the ride would have been like at 50 - 60. One of you guys must know.
P.S. I am the slowest guy on the highway too.
P.S. I am the slowest guy on the highway too.
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My 382 was probably the slowest and nearly the only powerboat boat out there Saturday afternoon. Sea's were 3's an occasional 5. I trimmed 3 down backed off to 30 MPH and had a fairly soft ride. My Granddaughter was asleep in the back seat so I wasn't going to get crazy but I couldn't help but wonder what the ride would have been like at 50 - 60. One of you guys must know.
P.S. I am the slowest guy on the highway too.
P.S. I am the slowest guy on the highway too.
I share your concern, when I take my grandson out, his comfort is first priority.
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My thoughts too...after 35 years on the Sound I generally find the waves are compressed a bit and closer than larger bodies of water, of course that also means that they are steep and hard hitting. In the end it's what you're comfortable with, no sense in beating the crap out of your passengers and equipment.
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BTW, was going to say hello, but your fin was too damn loud to try yelling over! Maybe next time...
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I'm not so sure about that... I was following you down the river at that time (from Hamburg cove) and then headed to Clinton, they might have been 3' at the mouth of the river, but certainly smaller than that from there down to Clinton... 1-2's past the mouth of the river down to Clinton.
BTW, was going to say hello, but your fin was too damn loud to try yelling over! Maybe next time...
BTW, was going to say hello, but your fin was too damn loud to try yelling over! Maybe next time...
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I was going from the gut to Saybrook around 3:00. My eyeball could need calibrating, but some of the troughs looked deeper than my boat is tall. Uconn has a website http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/clis_wave.html that shows real time wave action of the sound buoys. When I got home I tried to find some history to check my eyes but there didn't seem to be any. It's an interesting site