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Unread 06-17-2016, 12:59 PM
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BG - you need to calibrate your sea height. There's no way you're running into tight 4ft waves in a v20. My v20 windshield landed in my lap when I tried to make forward headway across stellwagen in those conditions. To this day I feel lucky I didn't become shark bait.
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Shrimp......you misread, or misinturpreted again.

I'm saying 1-3 ok, above that much nastier..........much nastier defined as " much nastier."


Simple.
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Been in 5 to 7's in mine shrimpin'. The boat did fine, took some water over the bow, wouldn't have wanted to be in a center console. Biggest issue was staying on my feet, slipped once.

I've spent much of my life at sea, so I know my wave heights. Saw 40's once in Alaska!
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Read that during the " Perfect Storm " a bouy off well of Cape Cod recorded a 100' wave.

That was a rogue, and possibly somewhere around the vicinity of the eye .

Definitely not V weather.......

Andrea Gale, God rest their souls.
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Sister ship to the Andrea Gale....

F/V Hannah Boden off loading Swordfish in New Bedford

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Sister ship to the Andrea Gale....

F/V Hannah Boden off loading Swordfish in New Bedford
Wow, very cool...
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Wow, very cool...
We still have a few Sword boats that fish out of New Bedford.
The last one to buy provisions was a boat called Whitewater.
Long trip to the fishing grounds. Usually a 30 day trip. 5 days of steaming there and then 5 days back all to chase the swords on the break of the gulf stream.
Crazy!!
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BG - you need to calibrate your sea height. There's no way you're running into tight 4ft waves in a v20. My v20 windshield landed in my lap when I tried to make forward headway across stellwagen in those conditions. To this day I feel lucky I didn't become shark bait.
We do it here on Lake Erie, Cant go much faster than 12-14mph and its a very very wet and bumpy ride but its definitely doable.
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Very short period honest 4' steep whitecap /chop is rough seas for these boats.........no question.
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Hey bgreene when you were out at the Flemish cap did you see me? I was there too I was the guy waving at you Maybe you didn't see me you were to busy fighting that swordfish But I seen you , had to come in early my ice machine broke Only took me 18 hours It was snotty out
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