kurt.reynolds
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- 1982 Grand Banks Motoryacht
I own a 31' Camano Troll, live in SE Virginia and cruise the lower Chesapeake Bay and the waters of coastal NC where I grew up. Mostly ICW and the occasional trip across an open sound.
Last month, I had the opportunity to cross the eastern end of the Albemarle sound in quite the chaos. For those not familiar with the Albemarle Sound, it stretches east to west, probably 100 miles, maybe 30 miles north to south. Probably not much more than 20 feet deep or so center channel.
On this particular day, there were thunderstorms moving west to east and we were caught in the eastern end, in 5-7 ft. swells, probably 3 sec interval, nasty to say the least. Coming from about 045 relative as we were headed south. Had about 15nm to travel, it was not pleasant.
I have been in the Albemarle in similar conditions in my Mainship 390 and it did not seem near as bad.
To make a long story short, the wife did not handle the "rolling" very well, we were being tossed around quite a bit.
Questions:
1. How to handle this scenario, best speed? max or slow or ?
2. Given I travel in these waters all the time, should I consider a larger displacement boat? The Camano is 16000 lbs. or possibly a longer boat? The Camano is 28' at the water line.
Thanks for your insight,
Kurt
Last month, I had the opportunity to cross the eastern end of the Albemarle sound in quite the chaos. For those not familiar with the Albemarle Sound, it stretches east to west, probably 100 miles, maybe 30 miles north to south. Probably not much more than 20 feet deep or so center channel.
On this particular day, there were thunderstorms moving west to east and we were caught in the eastern end, in 5-7 ft. swells, probably 3 sec interval, nasty to say the least. Coming from about 045 relative as we were headed south. Had about 15nm to travel, it was not pleasant.
I have been in the Albemarle in similar conditions in my Mainship 390 and it did not seem near as bad.
To make a long story short, the wife did not handle the "rolling" very well, we were being tossed around quite a bit.
Questions:
1. How to handle this scenario, best speed? max or slow or ?
2. Given I travel in these waters all the time, should I consider a larger displacement boat? The Camano is 16000 lbs. or possibly a longer boat? The Camano is 28' at the water line.
Thanks for your insight,
Kurt