[quote=MN3]i have been waiting for you to chime in Damon...
Yes "FUN in waves" is subjective...
BUT IMHO... long flat hulls with less volume (like h18) get bounced around alot, as do the H17 and the P18 with its long asymmetrical hulls. If you enjoy going up and down and up and down and getting slowed down each wave.. then there you go...
Here in the gulf, west coast of Florida our waves come at a very fast frequency.. much faster than most ocean waves...so you hit the second wave before you finish riding the first wave... after a few hours of this.. I am beat down... occasionally we get it bad.. they build up for days in the gulf and can come out, even in a sunny, light day...and pummel us...
we also get some amazing wave action at low tide in our 2 local passes.. hurricane pass and sand key pass (2 local entrances into the gulf from the protected intra-coastal / bay area) flat everywhere but crazy in the pass... it can get real hairy, esp if there is powerboat traffic, kayakers and of course all the guys fishing from the beach who can't understand when we yell "tend your line".. they yell back "tend your boat".
One hatefully time, i capsized in these crazy waves in the pass... i was on the wire, had a wave from one direction, tide rushed the other way, turned me around from windward to Leeward and over she went (over my head)... i nearly didn't right the boat in time as i was pushed into breakers... as i got it up, the jib filled with air and it took off.. i had to "Indian Jones" my way up the righting line (while it was doing about 15) and as i got onboard ( i was so exhausted from righting and hand over handing my way to the boat.. I almost could not get onboard).. i hear others yelling... watch out for that channel marker... as i went to steer, my sheet was wrapped around the rudders/traveler. i had no steering.. luckily i missed it and recoved the lines.
As i was being beat to death by the waves on the ride home, my spin hoop would go under water... flex up and shoot water 10' in the air, only to rain down on me.. all the time my engorged spin bag is shooting micro streams in 1000 directions our of 1000 tiny holes..... this went on for about an hour before i got into the calm of the sound...
and my all time favorite feature from waves.... my pfd rubbing up and down on my nipples until they bleed... any idea how long that takes to heal.... MONTHS!!! or how bad that hurts?
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