CV-23
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- Jun 25, 2010
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- Boat Info
- 1990 270 Sundancer, 2003 Ford Excursion 4x4 Limited
- Engines
- 454 merCruiser w/Bravo 1
My first open water scuba diving was in 10 footers off the Keys....rolling. It was not bad but we were in a 45ft dive boat. The biggest water we got in was off NJ. We tried to go out and dive but ran into 20+ footers. They were like mountains rolling into us. I went up to the bridge with the captain and it was quite a sight to behold and then we needed to turn around in a trough. Those turbo charged Cats really powered that dive boat. It was a sealed cabin crew boat (oil rig) converted into a Dive Boat. I think it's name was Thunderhorse out of Barnegat. The captain said it would right it's self if we rolled.....a real carnival ride to remember. I could tell he did this sort of thing before. When we were shopping for our 270 in Joppa, MD...a few owners there said their 270's have taken water over the bow in the Bay on bad weather return trips. I don't mind a rough ride but if I scared my wife....she'd be done with boating. We have been caught in a lightning/thunder storms with 30-40mph gusts and heavy rain but our river is not that wide to build more than 4 footers for a short period of time. We are fair weather boaters but a thunderstorm can come out of nowhere, Mike.