Farms: 25-30 Knot Winds 31N 79W 10-20 foot seas
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Sailing "Last Detail" (Irwin 34') with Dad and Uncle Marty (and Otto) from Ft. Lauderdale to Beaufort NC, we ended up ducking into Charleston when a Gale warning popped up. We spent a very rough night and woke up to find ourselves in 10-20 foot seas and about 150 miles from shore. There were definitely some 30 footers too (we weren't filming during the worst of it).
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that's not quite 20but certainly a high puke factorgood job, like the singing
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What was the dominant period for wavelengths?
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I love my 40' Ocean convertible but wouldn't want to be caught dead in seas like this. Sailboats are head and shoulders above most powered yachts in terms of sea keeping abilities. I wish I had a 4 ton keel!
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Like someone b4, the camera really downplays the wave height/length. A twelve foot wave would not register that well as a 20 footer would.
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30 foot waves?
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I'm pretty sure nobody thought you were full os s#%}. Great video!
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just got back from sailing 3,000 miles...listen to the coast guard radio...10 to 20... but most importantly...nice way to say we were full of shit.
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was there long period..but definitely just exactly what was being reported on the radio if you listen at the end of the video...10-20...so 20's were rare but the did come.
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sailfly2008 loveit
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Nice video, looks like 6'- 12' waves from my experience. (8 Atlantic crossings). Nice sailing weather!
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Great Video! A thing people often forget to factor in estimating wave heights while watching a sailing video: Platform elevation from the water (in this case the cockpit) - 2-3ft + operators height (say 6ft, just to keep an even number). That means that is takes a 10ft wave to make the operator tilt the camera up. You seemed to have a lot of tilt, even after waves picked up the transom!
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@baddogtoo Yes, headsail only. in these winds we had about 1/4 of head sail unfurled. No main. Not a single accidental "jibe" on this configuration with the Autohelm 2000. We did wear out a drive belt on the otto though. But that was after 24 hours of this.
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Great video. It's hard to get a good sense of the weather on video, but you did a good job. I sail a smaller (7.5m) boat in Nova Scotia and know what it's like to surf down the waves. Weren't you worried about Otto downwind? I got nervous just watching when Otto was in charge and the boat would follow a wave action and potentially shift for a boom swing. Or, were you on head sail only? Thanks for sharing this cool video.
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@sailfly2008 Most people over estimate the size of waves by at least 50%. 10 feet can make you feel like you're in the perfect storm! :) Nice video!
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@MattB221178 We were running with about 25% of jib unfurled. Doing 10 knots, didn't need (or want) anymore sail than that.
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@infinitefx I watched some videos here where the waves are claimed to be 15 foot. Nothing like what we show here!
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@FatCatAnna Thanks Anna. Next time!
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Excellent - would love to have been crewing for you that day!
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Nice! I've shot in 6-8 feet and it looks almost flat in the video. Video always downplays the size. You're sailing in some respectable sized waves! Well done!
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@tomperanteau Thanks for the feedback Tom!