Attention Keyboard Cowboys

Please Read and Learn

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/waves.htm

Heres a Cig tearing it up in 4ft'ers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPywJs6iQ0

Impressive throttle work

Still can't believe how the video camera distorts the water conditions............ I guess that's what's happening........What the he!! do I know? Roger that!

75 in 4 footers,,and not one white cap,,hmmmmmmm....

Hey guys, I can't get it to upload here but I did on Facebook. Go to powerboat minds unite page. Good video of true 8s

https://m.facebook.com/groups/257596...ser=1265515314

you dont need white caps to have 4' footers

Or 10'+ for that matter.

Maybe I suck at judging wave heights. All I can do is go off NOAA reports when it comes to boating (even though they can be misleading). On lake Michigan, I have found when getting ready to take the boat out, I can expect these scenerios

Wave Forecast Nearshore Within 5 nautical miles of shore.

1ft or less. Good day for a nice cruise. Even the guys with 25ft boats can come out and enjoy the day.

1-2FT. The guys in the 25ft boats can still come out, but It might be a bit bumpy, and chances are not doing any top speed runs. A little chop to get the larger boats running faster but still able to drink a beer underway.

1-3FT. Things are getting more fun. The 25ft boats are catching good air for photo op's. The 35-40' boats are running fast, with the occasional throttling.

2-4FT. 25FT boats are getting beat up. All they can do is maintain a steady speed, and hope to reach the destination in a timely fashion, before anyone gets sick or falls down. 35-40's are starting to catch good air, definitely some throttling going on if your running hard. Youll catch a couple random hits that tell you to take it down a notch.

3-5's. 25FT boats stay in the harbor, or are in for a wet ride. 35-40's are having a hard time running fast. The waters are confused and beginning to be unpredictable and hard to read. Its a very lively ride in a large offshore boat.

4-6's. The Cig and apache guys come out and tell everyone else it was a smooth ride and they hit a new top speed record, not realizing their nose has grown 3 inches before the story is over.

6-8s. Your borderline busting a stringer, the fun factor has dropped to 0. Your just trying to make it to protected waters asap. Your pleasure boats microwave explodes, your norcold fridge just busted a Freon line, and you chipped a gear off your lower gear set. You come to the understanding of why the old Apache raceboats had no cabin, just bulkeads and stringers.

true,,,