Man been in some good waves on lake mi in all 4 41 sabers, my 28 cig and buddies 38 cig rebuilt for big water and never once were we ever running over 60 in 7-8s let alone been out in that ****. We all must be some idiots for thinking we were in real 4-5s with a occasional 6 and in some eyes they were 10s!!! Sorry but some of these stories all such bs. Somebody please post a video of guys racing in 8-10s?????

Blue moon 36 apache on lake Mi in 4-5s. Steve maybe hit 50 mph

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ttN2stWdoeg

This is us running in 2-3s with a occasional 4 in smoke on the water. Best run ever with all 4 sabers running together. 3/4 of the field either went back or didn't go out on the second leg. We hit close to 75mph. I believe jerry and Parn hit over 80 Mr Nykamp can confirm. Point being 4 badass boats running hard in those waves and to believe some of these stories about boating on the Great Lakes and running those speeds, must have been a good dream.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kyR_ptdLh7M

One of the greatest videos of all time!!!

The most violent water , not necessarily the biggest was in Mentor Ohio, Lake Erie 3-4 footers from every direction!! we hit 104 consistently. Busted up just about every boat that raced. Dean and Glass Dave tore the canopy off the bat boat. I'll take spaced out 6-8 footers in O.C. any day off the week ! woo hoo!

yea i forgot about that one, maybe because thats my usual water to run in :D Mentor had a history of that. Ill never forget chatting with Augie in the parking lot before the race looking out at the water. He looked at me an said "so does this little pond ever kick up or what . . . this da best ya got?". After the race i ran across him in the parking lot again and he looked at me with his hand on his forehead and said "what the FUK was THAT!! . . . that was some nasty schit! . . . come'in at ya from everywhere . . . no way to get a rhythm at all . . . Fuk that schit!" . . . . lol i said welcome to my home waters :D (course i still crashed lol)

Barring that day i tell ya another place that was particularly nasty was on saturday testing in (i think it was) 09 Saint Clair river. Nine knot current with a twenty plus mile an hour wind in the opposite direction. I tell ya the waves were square, not real huge maybe threes or fours but very close together. It was the roughest snotty chop ever.

Give me the Ocean any day :D


OOHAM RACING!! :party-smiley-004:

Hey Cfischer post 83 that the bought that scumbag con artist owned? That's the video they showed on tv show American greed

I think Dietz still owned it then, cant remember... hes not a con artist...

http://youtu.be/9-6lOoQDVdc

8 to 10's. Come on man

4'-6' off Montauk heading into Block Island Sound, shot out head into it, it increased to solid 6's, they were close proximity. Ran about 95-110 right into it on top. Went way up a few times but came back down solid. That was in jackets and everyone knew what we were running in. Always exhilarating none the less...

Have run in 6-8s but that's trough running, not quite the same as running head on into it over the tops...

...and of course who can forget leaving Key West 2012....that was some nasty chit...

dude you were out in that crap :eek: yeah I remember I think it was 04 pretty sure. I will have to dig but I have videos and pics of the waves crashing into the parking lot.



from the islands east its not uncommon pending time of year

Will not forget that ride
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It was WILD.... I shat myself

Western Lake Erie is one of the most unpredictable and dangerous sections of the Great Lakes. Winds blowing down the length of the lake coupled with the shallow water make things very rough indeed. The waves come from all directions with giant holes. I know. I make the run to PIB several times a year. Like I said in an earlier post, I crossed it in 6-8s at idle speed from PIB to west of Middle Sister Island at idle speed. It looked like Alaska's Deadliest Catch but to scale. I was climbing giant waves and taking water over the bow on each one but chopped the throttle and the water never came over the wind screen. I was still plenty wet and cold from the spray. It was nuts but I knew from experience and talking with other boaters that day that the worst of it was by the islands and that I would know right away if I could run in it or not. I could beach on Middle Sister Island in an emergency too but that is Canada so I don't know how they would react. Anyway, I made it home but it was not an enjoyable cruise!

C'mon Ted??? Even Parnell says you're full of chit. 8-10s and running 55???? Funny some of the best drivers out there and guys that have 20yrs at the helm can't do that unless in a 41 or 47. Maybe u should consider that your boat draws 2-3ft so sitting in the water waves look bigger.

Headed out east

Could not turn around... Had to ride it out

It was following seas so I was lucky and spaced far apart for Erie

Up at an angle and down the other side

Lucky the way the waves where coming from( NW)
And my heading (NE)

Once I was in it there was no turning back and I got out at chagrin river

They were 8s. There was an occasional 10 obviously slowed way down for the biggies

I thought we were not gonna make it.... Should never have attempted it... There were 3 foot rollers in the river in front of shooters!

I was NOT riding on top of em

HAving been in big waves in that boat a few times I can believe you shat yourself in 8 foot waves :eekdrop: NK

The video is shaky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UMUP8mbjpo

WildThing47 I'm a LI uy, and wind against the tide off montauk lighthouse = huge water. Was out in a 50ft custom sport fish riding up and surfing down waves. Stuffing the bow each time coming down. Gets nasty out there

Been there done that in Montauk. The rip at the point with the right conditions of tide, wind, waves is something to behold. Got stuck out there in a 21' Sea Ray a decade or so ago, had to surf those f'ers to the back side of the fork. Had on the life preservers, terrified, nobody in the boat said didley until we got back to the harbor...got lucky on that one.

YES! Totally true story! It was my way of getting Ted introduced to offshore powerboating!! The boat handled it just fine and Ted did a great job running the boat!.... A little white knuckled but he did great!! LMAO.

Dean

Saturday 2012 was ROUGH. Hammered back in a 42' Fountain that took a beating. Only other boats on the stretch that were in it that we saw were a canopied Fountain, a canopied OL, and White Lightning. Memorable ride.

That was a fun ride home.

Yes it was!! My Cig was eatin it UP!

Hey Q, how about the time we were coming back from Boca Island a couple years ago in my gun. Or LV the time we went across Lake Maurepas I know I saw the bottom of the lake a few times.

There was also a green bat boat that was running that stretch hard.. He blew past us then we caught back up with him when he lowed down. I believe he's a member on here.