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nightfighter · 08-03-2017, 07:59 AM

I have done a number of boat deliveries over the years. One that sticks in my mind was bringing a 40' racing sloop from Maine to Newport. All had been smooth through a westbound canal passage. Upon exiting the canal we were hit with a wall of water due to tide change and a building afternoon southwesterly. This was a very different boat from the one in question, but getting tossed around with a keel and a great deal more tonnage makes me think they had no idea what conditions they could encounter in that area. An overloaded boat like that in the same conditions I encountered that day would have no chance.....

08-03-2017, 07:59 AM	#19
nightfighter Seldom Seen iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 10,543	I have done a number of boat deliveries over the years. One that sticks in my mind was bringing a 40' racing sloop from Maine to Newport. All had been smooth through a westbound canal passage. Upon exiting the canal we were hit with a wall of water due to tide change and a building afternoon southwesterly. This was a very different boat from the one in question, but getting tossed around with a keel and a great deal more tonnage makes me think they had no idea what conditions they could encounter in that area. An overloaded boat like that in the same conditions I encountered that day would have no chance.....
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