While we had to slog it out with a beam sea initially, we found ourselves in a full on following 4-5 foot sea when we went under the William P. Lane Jr. bridges. What was initially 2-3 cranked up when the geography pinched in for the bridges since the wind was out of the North.
That made things interesting. When the boat velocity kicked up 30% for a large wave, it was not like it went unnoticed. I'll put it this way. We started at 9:30 and it was brisk out. But one hour into the trip I had Deb yank my sweat shirt off since I was sweating keeping the bow into the game. Don't forget, there's no power steering on Freedom and she has a keel that loves to hook up with a following see if it gets away from you. There were a couple of times when we jumped from 10 knots to just about 14k. It's ok when you plan on it and goose the throttles. It's another thing when you slide down a wave with help from behind!
Pulling into the Herrington Harbor South Marina made it all worth while. It's a class place and a great setting to sit out the weather. With the BoatUS discount it's not bad from a dollar point of view.
So far we have about 350 miles under the belt and we figure we have about 1500 altogether. We'll sit it out here until it's back down below 2-3 out there.
That made things interesting. When the boat velocity kicked up 30% for a large wave, it was not like it went unnoticed. I'll put it this way. We started at 9:30 and it was brisk out. But one hour into the trip I had Deb yank my sweat shirt off since I was sweating keeping the bow into the game. Don't forget, there's no power steering on Freedom and she has a keel that loves to hook up with a following see if it gets away from you. There were a couple of times when we jumped from 10 knots to just about 14k. It's ok when you plan on it and goose the throttles. It's another thing when you slide down a wave with help from behind!
Pulling into the Herrington Harbor South Marina made it all worth while. It's a class place and a great setting to sit out the weather. With the BoatUS discount it's not bad from a dollar point of view.
So far we have about 350 miles under the belt and we figure we have about 1500 altogether. We'll sit it out here until it's back down below 2-3 out there.
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