Roughest conditions you faced in the V ?

[captpete13]

My worst day out on my V would have to be the day my wife and I launched in Cape May and ran across to Lewes De. Everything was great on the way there. Seas were calm,sunny,warm etc. We drove around in Lewes ate lunch. Then I noticed it got windy and it started to rain. So we headed back to the inlet. It was nasty. An honest 4-5' steep chop. I asked my wife,who gets sea sick, if she wanted me to get her a ferry ride. She declined. So away we went. The thrashing began immediatly. We were heading right into it at first. Once we cleared the harbor breakwater it got a little more spread out but now it was coming from almost all directions. My wife was sitting at the aft seat with white knuckles holding a line I tied to a cleat for something for her to hold onto. A few waves came over the bow. I believe a few waves were 6-7' and still pretty steep. I remember looking at the depth finder reading over 100' depths thinking wow that's a lot deaper than I can touch. We took the beating all the way back to the west side of the Cape May canal. when we got inside I looked back at my wife. She was soaking wet,miserable,exhausted. She said to me"Don't expect me to go out on the boat with you for a while". Enough said.

[Blue_Runner]

Heck no I wasn't out in that slop...thank goodness! I just thought it was a cool pic of Hatteras. A lot of times on the shoal sides of the inlet look similar to that pic and if you don't pay attention you can be over there in it before you know it. Always go slow, pay attention, wear a life vest, etc. etc. etc. And maybe a little of this:

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by captpete13

My worst day out on my V would have to be the day my wife and I launched in Cape May and ran across to Lewes De. Everything was great on the way there. Seas were calm,sunny,warm etc. We drove around in Lewes ate lunch. Then I noticed it got windy and it started to rain. So we headed back to the inlet. It was nasty. An honest 4-5' steep chop. I asked my wife,who gets sea sick, if she wanted me to get her a ferry ride. She declined. So away we went. The thrashing began immediatly. We were heading right into it at first. Once we cleared the harbor breakwater it got a little more spread out but now it was coming from almost all directions. My wife was sitting at the aft seat with white knuckles holding a line I tied to a cleat for something for her to hold onto. A few waves came over the bow. I believe a few waves were 6-7' and still pretty steep. I remember looking at the depth finder reading over 100' depths thinking wow that's a lot deaper than I can touch. We took the beating all the way back to the west side of the Cape May canal. when we got inside I looked back at my wife. She was soaking wet,miserable,exhausted. She said to me"Don't expect me to go out on the boat with you for a while". Enough said.

That's some BIG water across there..........BIG, and especially dangerous if the rips weren't given a wide berth..... Some tragic events have taken place between those two points- Cape May and Delaware. If it's " light and variable" all day........or at the worst 5-10 knots I'd do that trip, assuming calm the day before too !

[captpete13]

It was without a doubt the worst conditions I had ever been in with my V. I don't mind so much being out in that stuff when I'm by myself. But having my wife out there made it whole different level of nervousness. Being that far from land and the depths of the water. If something bad happened it would be a long swim and I would probably never be able to recover my boat if it went down.