46 Cig in 15' waves VIDEO
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You gotta put the pipe down son.
This is what 4`s on the Great Lakes look like on a 38` boat. A 46` Cig would eat those up like nothing was going on. You could probably have a coffee and not spill your half and half.
On wait I`m sorry.. according to the SHIP captain over here these are 1-2`s I guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcJc5G1NBE
I took my old 33 out in solid 10`s and while my kids and wife were screaming bloody murder at me we didn`t DIE!!
This is what 4`s on the Great Lakes look like on a 38` boat. A 46` Cig would eat those up like nothing was going on. You could probably have a coffee and not spill your half and half.
On wait I`m sorry.. according to the SHIP captain over here these are 1-2`s I guess
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcJc5G1NBE
I took my old 33 out in solid 10`s and while my kids and wife were screaming bloody murder at me we didn`t DIE!!
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My vid coming back from Key West in 2012 in the AT got criticized all the hell on here saying the waves weren't 6 footers...but we could only run about 30 mph, and I couldn't see out of the troughs...the waves were well over Pat's head, and he's 6' tall. I'm just happy he was driving...
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What a lot of people fail to realize is the wave spacing makes a big difference. For example read some of this link, and look at the chart regarding small craft advisory. For example, say you are in the pacific or Atlantic in open ocean swells at 9 feet with an 11 second wave period. That is not even considered a small craft advisory. Now say you are in the Long Island sound and they are stacked up but only at 6 feet with a 7 second spacing, now it is a small craft advisory. So, depending on spacing 9 foot waves may not constitute an advisory but 6 foot waves might. The chart is down the page a ways, but it is some interesting reading for those who want to claim the size of the seas they run: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/marine/faq.htm
Actually if anybody by Lake Michigan today it is a small craft warning inshore and a gail warning offshore. Somebody should snap some pics..........
Actually if anybody by Lake Michigan today it is a small craft warning inshore and a gail warning offshore. Somebody should snap some pics..........
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I agree with others that say it's very difficult to judge water conditions in videos. So many times I've been in a boat that was really moving and through some decent size water. After reviewing the videos, the sense of speed is seldom there and the water always looks way calmer than it actually was.
I doubt those waves in this video were true 15's, but I have been in a 46 Cig before and I know it takes some decent size water to toss the bow around like that, 2'-4' waves wont do it. The only way to run hard through conditions like that is with a Sweet Sixteen!![Wink](/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Scott, congrats on the sale! I hope to see the new owner posting here, Strip is a cool boat...
I doubt those waves in this video were true 15's, but I have been in a 46 Cig before and I know it takes some decent size water to toss the bow around like that, 2'-4' waves wont do it. The only way to run hard through conditions like that is with a Sweet Sixteen!
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Scott, congrats on the sale! I hope to see the new owner posting here, Strip is a cool boat...
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I'm not stopping in any trough to measure a wave, or to prove a point. First of all Great Lake waves are worse then the open ocean in my opinion. There closer together and harder to predict. Ocean there spread out and easier to navigate. They may have not been 12-15 but I'm sure it felt like it to them. None the less it doesn't look like anything I'd want to run in.
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Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the height of a wave measured on the back side. So if you are out in 8-10's you would be facing a 16-20' wall of water. I live on Lake Ontario and when NOAA calls for 3-4' we think long and hard if it is worth going out to beat the crap out of our selves and boat.