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Old 08-24-2009, 07:55 PM   #1
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Serious chop on lake eerie.My guess would be 10-15 ft chop.Not rollers.I thought it was over that day.Maybe a minute after we left the safety of the inlet.Like nothing I've seen in the ocean.
Yup, fresh water is less buoyant, so when you stuff a boat into that shorter chop, it feels more like a car crash....

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Old 08-24-2009, 08:07 PM   #2
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Yup, fresh water is less buoyant, so when you stuff a boat into that shorter chop, it feels more like a car crash....
I've seen that on the run the Mackenack Island. Bad crap, flying all the way over a 40'
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