BonBini
New Member
Hello to everyone. I am a new boater and new to CRS.
I’d like to hear some storm stores you’ve made it through. How you navigated the seas, what you did right/wrong and how you’re boat held up.
For me my boating experience is very minimal. We ran less than one tank of gas through our reciently sold 230cc and less than 1 hour experience in our recently purchased 268we.
Sept 2nd this year: I decided to make a 7 mile trip across East Grand Traverse Bay Lake Michigan to Old Mission Bay just before night fall. Waves looked to be 2-4’ as we cleared the break wall of Elk Rapids. As we passed the last channel marker they seemed to be mostly 4’. I learned right away to steer sideways into them at a slow speed with some power to keep the roll to a minimum. Half way across the waves got to be way more than 4’. I had to steer straight into them to keep the boat from rolling really bad. Deb and I barely spoke on the way over. It was all I could do just concentrating on steering the boat. The safety of Old Mission Bay never felt so good. As soon as we set anchors, we popped two beers and said were never doing that again.
I think the only thing I did right was:
Told Harbor Master our intentions.
Steering the boat.
Left the blowers on.
What I did wrong was:
Made the trip to begin with.
Didn’t have life jackets on or even readily available.
Didn’t have radio turned on till I was really concerned.
How the boat held was:
Took on a little water to cabin via anchor locker.
Picked up a rattle in dash I haven’t found yet.
We now know our boat can handle much more than we care to. ...Ron
I’d like to hear some storm stores you’ve made it through. How you navigated the seas, what you did right/wrong and how you’re boat held up.
For me my boating experience is very minimal. We ran less than one tank of gas through our reciently sold 230cc and less than 1 hour experience in our recently purchased 268we.
Sept 2nd this year: I decided to make a 7 mile trip across East Grand Traverse Bay Lake Michigan to Old Mission Bay just before night fall. Waves looked to be 2-4’ as we cleared the break wall of Elk Rapids. As we passed the last channel marker they seemed to be mostly 4’. I learned right away to steer sideways into them at a slow speed with some power to keep the roll to a minimum. Half way across the waves got to be way more than 4’. I had to steer straight into them to keep the boat from rolling really bad. Deb and I barely spoke on the way over. It was all I could do just concentrating on steering the boat. The safety of Old Mission Bay never felt so good. As soon as we set anchors, we popped two beers and said were never doing that again.
I think the only thing I did right was:
Told Harbor Master our intentions.
Steering the boat.
Left the blowers on.
What I did wrong was:
Made the trip to begin with.
Didn’t have life jackets on or even readily available.
Didn’t have radio turned on till I was really concerned.
How the boat held was:
Took on a little water to cabin via anchor locker.
Picked up a rattle in dash I haven’t found yet.
We now know our boat can handle much more than we care to. ...Ron