What is the smallest boat you'd take to Stellwagon?

[chathamblue30]

To be safe a 20 footer is good size and if the wind kicks up you can always do a run to ptown harbor for safety,pick your days.

[macojoe]

What is the closest ramp to the Swc, and how far of a run is it? Seems like lots of people have big cajones, especially after seeing what happened to MacoJoe's old boat in Buzzards bay

20 foot boat gets small real fast! I have a 23' Sea Ox now and i am still watching all the time, doesn't take but a min before the whole world changes out there!!

[bigshrimpin]

After seeing MJ drive 25knots quartering 4ft following seas . . . I think I have a better idea how he dropped off the face of a rouge wave in that V20. Stuffing the bow of those boats is not very difficult especially when the wind and the tide stack up on stellwagon and in BB. Don't fck around when the wind picks up . . . Head home or change course when the seas get ugly.

[macojoe]

I not taking you out any more if your going to keep bashing me on these boards!! Your home aren't you, a bit wet but home

[bigshrimpin]

Hey MJ . . . I'm just busting your balls . . . I'm not knocking you at all . . . That was a fun ride!! I don't think I could have done that without getting thrown overboard and I'm too much of a pussy to even try. You got some great skills driving that boat. The V20 would have ejected all 3 of us in the first 5 minutes at those speeds in following seas. That heavy seaox rolls real nicely and just punches through the afternoon chop.

That was a perfect example of knowing the limits of your boat and it's handling characteristics.