Help Deciding - Velocity vs Checkmate
04-17-2022 | 10:45 AM
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Last time I’ll waste on this but:
A. Earlier in thread I wrote that I rode my bike out to breakwall to ck conditions and watched boats disappear between waves.
B. Also wrote that only the last two waves in video (where you can count the seconds before the boat lands in the wave troughs) we’re/are indicative of actual wave size.
C. Wind was westerly that day (as it normally is in west end of Erie) and we were exiting the harbor on the east side of the island which put us into the lee of the island until we exited out of it.
Which was starting to happen at end of video.
Think what you want.
Some people’s opinions concern me.
Yours is not one.
A. Earlier in thread I wrote that I rode my bike out to breakwall to ck conditions and watched boats disappear between waves.
B. Also wrote that only the last two waves in video (where you can count the seconds before the boat lands in the wave troughs) we’re/are indicative of actual wave size.
C. Wind was westerly that day (as it normally is in west end of Erie) and we were exiting the harbor on the east side of the island which put us into the lee of the island until we exited out of it.
Which was starting to happen at end of video.
Think what you want.
Some people’s opinions concern me.
Yours is not one.
We had the privilege of running the first few Erie Poker Runs. The water patrol was calling the waves 6 to 8's. They were indeed! For those who haven't run Lake Erie, it is no joke when it's rough. It's much different than Lake Michigan. The waves are steeper and closer together. It was doable but still a handful in our 43.
04-17-2022 | 09:12 PM
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From: Milton, Fla!
It is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and is controlled by the wind.
If it’s blowing so is the lake.
A 1000 wrecks on her bottom.
Ive been down on a few.
She will keep you on your toes.
I have many, many stories of it trying to kick my dads ass and then mine.
If it’s blowing so is the lake.
A 1000 wrecks on her bottom.
Ive been down on a few.
She will keep you on your toes.
I have many, many stories of it trying to kick my dads ass and then mine.
We had the privilege of running the first few Erie Poker Runs. The water patrol was calling the waves 6 to 8's. They were indeed! For those who haven't run Lake Erie, it is no joke when it's rough. It's much different than Lake Michigan. The waves are steeper and closer together. It was doable but still a handful in our 43.
04-18-2022 | 06:55 AM
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From: Owen Sound Ont.
I have never been on Erie, but I have heard many people say that it can get real nasty in a hurry.
I love the analogy of a skateboard down an escalator!
I'm going to use that one for sure.
Huron seems to have longer distance between the big swells (compared to Erie) and they usually come in as sets of three.
I love the analogy of a skateboard down an escalator!
I'm going to use that one for sure.
Huron seems to have longer distance between the big swells (compared to Erie) and they usually come in as sets of three.
