I have some video of our F-30 handing rough water... but

MTurvey · Post by **MTurvey** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:21 pm

My daughter is cussing like a sailor while watching us out of the back window of my parent's boat.
I want to post it for you guys to see, but I'm afraid her *very* salty language might offend

if you wanna see it, I can post it.

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:29 pm

salty language from a sailor, thats pretty funny, post it with a disclamer, those who may be offended can simply not watch it or turn off the volume

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:32 pm

Post it...for those (I can't imagine who) don't want to watch, they don't have to.

I wanna see it.

MTurvey · Post by **MTurvey** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:42 pm

ok I hope this works....

I think this was about 7-8 foot Westerly Swells, so following seas which I hate:

and this is a real short one (no cussing!! yay!) of just running in some chop. no big deal, but I thought my boat looked good

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:52 pm

Very cool! What doesn't kill ya, makes ya stronger!

Thanks...BTW, what kind of boat do your folks have?

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:38 pm

Man that was rough. I bet you were worn out after "steering " her so much. You were veering back and forth alot. That is more than I want to ever be out in.

jav · Post by **jav** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:41 pm

Nice! Cussing but relatively calm. My wife does much worse in much less.

jav · Post by **jav** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:42 pm

Nice! Cussing but relatively calm. My wife does much worse in much less.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:42 pm

MTurvey · Post by **MTurvey** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:44 pm

My parent's boat is a 48' Tollycraft. She's heavy, powerful & handles that kind of weather much better.

It was way worse before my daughter picked up the camera. When we came out of the bay, it was (according to the marine forecast) 12 foot swells at the mouth, and they were hitting us broadside. Now that was scary.

I was weaving because we were actually trying to make it around a rock patch right off the point of a small island outside the bay. I was trying to avoid being broadsided as much as possible

My knuckles were white more than once!

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:01 pm

Thanks for the video. I agree that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It is also always good to know your limitations and how your boat handles in all kinds of situations.

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:03 pm

Great video. I think if you look at the swells trough to trough, they are more that 7-8 ft. When my wife and I get into that kind of stuff she hunkers down in the stair well with her life jacket on. We usually go up to Neah Bay every year for bottom fish and halibut and 2 years ago we left the Trojan at the dock and trailered our 24ft Bayliner up to Neah Bay for Halibut and got into some of that stuff out at the west end of Swiftsure 15 miles off the washington/Canada coast and almost lost the boat. A rogue came straight up on the stbd side bottom and rolled us onto our port side and the boat layed on its side for a few seconds with drive clear out of the water before slamming back down. We decided that the Bayliner was too light for what we were doing and by the admirals command we sold the Bayliner immediately. When we are expecting rough or bad weather I make sure to fill all my tanks, water and fuel, for ballast, that didn't help with the Bayliner. Your captain skills show in the video and your Trojan looks strong in the brakers but I guess you better have your stuff together if you're going to boat in Alaska in the winter. Thanks for sharing.

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:27 pm

Looks like fun! Hey, how come nobody is up on the flybridge?

But seriously though, looked like a heck of a day to travel. Its a good thing you know what you are doing and how to handle a boat in slop like that. Something tells me you probably had a beverage or two once you got where you were going (either before or after the change of underwear)!!

MTurvey · Post by **MTurvey** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:55 am

I have relatives in Neah Bay! Small world

flybridge.....umm...no thank you.

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:41 pm

Oh sh**, what the f*** was that? HA! ROFLMAO!

I can't imagine an F30 in that following sea. My F32 is scary enough!

Thanks for posting.

Everyone should post more Trojan videos!