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Originally Posted by jamesbalog
I run mine on Erie in a hell of a lot worse than 2' chop. the boat can take it, you just need to know how to operate it.....
lake Erie is a very unforgiving lake though, it goes from a nice 2' chop to dow right nasty very quickly...
PIB and Kelleys are very short runs from catawba and marblehead less than 5 miles.
we plan on running our v20 from lorain to kelleys this weekend if the weather forecast changes which is roughly 25 miles each way...we usually run to the weather buoy walleye fishing several times a summer which is just shy of 20 miles
myMy point is the boat is plenty to handle Erie... just know what you can handle and know the weather forecasts
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I grew up on Erie. Haven't been out in the V20 yet, still getting it seaworthy. Made a run from the mouth of the Detroit River to Put-in-Bay in 8 footers in a 28' Trojan hard top. Not fun.
The absolute worst was in November of 1988. Took a ferry back from the island to Port Clinton. This was pre Jet Express. Here's a picture of the ferry
That boat is 90' long, and the pilot house windows are 20' off the deck. They can transport a tractor trailer on here. We left the dock at 1:00 in the afternoon and made it to Port Clinton at 8:30 pm. It's normally a 45 minute ride. There were waves that hit the pilot house. At one point, we were circled by 3 separate Coast Guard choppers. It's the only time in my life that I really thought we were going to have to ditch. I had a brand new E 350 extended body service van with the entire rear filled with shelving and equipment screwed to the van itself. It was backed into the starboard bow, and would disappear under green water every wave. When we docked, the van was the last off. The rear doors were gone and the interior was as clean as the day we bought it. Two seats and the doghouse, that's it. Never want to be in water like that again.