Roughest conditions ever experienced in your V ?

[RidgeRunner]

My 20 hasn't seen anything hairy yet. I refuse to go when it is that rough. With tabs I can push the nose in for chop and make decent headway. The way the water stacks up in the inlets, I steer clear 100% of the time. I have been in the Whaler in some right rough conditions. Wet the pulpit every cycle taking an occasional one over the bow at trolling speed. Miserable fishing conditions. It would have been easier from the deck of a 30' er but not ideal.

MJ - I see the carnage, I can't remember the story. Was it just a rogue wave?

[garagenc]

Worst for me is almost everytime I go out or come in at Oregon Inlet during the winter. The ocean is always heading to shore and the sound is always heading to the ocean, add the wind and most of the time you have 10-15ft waves from trough to crest.

It's a good thing I have been going in/out of there all my life so I'm use to it.

You have to count the number of waves in a set and then count the seconds from last wave in the set to the 1st wave in the next set, then run like hell until the 1st wave comes of the next set and then ride out the set again until the rest area of the next set and run like hell again.

[Kracker Jack]

I was actually 15 years old (im 34 now) and we were fishing the small boat marlin tournament here out of Va Beach. We fished all day and caught one dolphin and one tuna(nothing to brag about) the fish were small. we could see the the sky line from 40 some miles off and it looked ****ty!!!coming in from offshore it progressively got worse But got inside the Chesapeake Bay light tower and were in what we used to call the green water(offshore we fished the bluewater) and it turned up 6 to 7 foot. I was young and it was pretty bad espesiaclly when you had to ride in that crap for 13 miles!!!!!!! It was a very very very wet ride!!! Im gonna post some pics soon of my dads old v20, That boat was insane we took that boat were v20's werent really suppose to go. LOL!!!

[ssiredfish]

Originally Posted by garagenc

Worst for me is almost everytime I go out or come in at Oregon Inlet during the winter.

One of my favorite pics is a 31' Yellowfin runnin out of Oregon Inlet and the bow is pointed almost straight up going over what looks like 8' waves......no thanks.

One time in particular sticks out in my head in my dad's 23' Tsunami. Comin back into Ft Pierce inlet following BAMF Hatteras. When he was goin down the wave and we were goin up, all you could see was the top 5' of the outriggers swaying back and forth about 30' side to side......most scared Ive ever been.

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by ssiredfish

One of my favorite pics is a 31' Yellowfin runnin out of Oregon Inlet and the bow is pointed almost straight up going over what looks like 8' waves......no thanks.

One time in particular sticks out in my head in my dad's 23' Tsunami. Comin back into Ft Pierce inlet following BAMF Hatteras. When he was goin down the wave and we were goin up, all you could see was the top 5' of the outriggers swaying back and forth about 30' side to side......most scared Ive ever been.

I would like to see that pic. Searched online and could not find it,

[Orlando]

Last summer i was out fishing with the wife and brother in law in the chesapeake bay out of willoughby, waves were about 2-3 ft, storm came in quick and started blowing around 35-40, chop kicked up on top of waves. i learned one thing, im nervous when going slow or drifting, but i will not ever doubt the V when it comes to being able to get back in with rough water. I ran about 25-30mph and the boat was slapping a bit in the chop, and i got a bit wet from spray, but she plowed right through on plane. brother in law got the worst of it, he was hanging over the side puking the whole way back in.

[Redneck]

Had my V21 out on the northwest coast last summer flat seas for most of it. On the last day we were done fishing and pulling the prawn traps I noticed the black line forming on the horizan. I put the hammer down on her as we had 10 miles to shore the last two got very intresting. with the ocean floor rising from the depths and the wind they were giving me around 6' swells and 6-8' chop. A 60' tour boat came out of the harbour and the waves increassed to 10-12' not a fun time at all. things I learned 1-tie your gear down ( the cooler of sea ice was all over the deck making the boat unstable) 2- trim tabs would have helped level the boat 3- Don't F@#$ around if your not sure what the He!! your doing out there it goes south quick.

[Orlando]

It going south quick is the main reason i keep my arse in the bay within a couple miles of places i know that i can shoot into an inlet and ride it out. this is the first boat i've owned other then freshwater john boats and such. and i have every intention of taking my time and making sure i know exactly what to do before i try to push it into rougher water.

P.S. whitewater experience in a kayak is helpful sometimes, just got to get over it and giver some speed and plow through