March
6, 2015
Bumpy
Ride!
The
wind has been relentless for weeks 20-25kts 6-8' seas for the last
few weeks. A short “break' appears to be on the horizon. We decide
to make the short crossing to the USVI. As soon as we were out of the
lee we encountered very rough seas combined with current to give us
the infamous “washing machine” effect. 5-7' with sets of larger
waves on a 5 second interval made for an uncomfortable ride. The boat
was impressive once again, we just slowed it down to about 4kts and
let her ride up and down, took quite a bit of spray but no pounding,
no green water on deck although a few times I was sure we were going
to “bury the anchors”. Nope, so much buoyancy forward along with
that nice high bow does it once again. Sorry Ken & Carol, we did
not do that on purpose, honest!
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