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Idlewild 12/19/05: Choppy seas and wind on the nose

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Georgs Kolesnikovs
Tue, Dec 20, 2005 4:43 AM

10' seas may be coming from one direction and it is very normal to have 6'
seas from a second direction and 4' seas from a third direction.  It makes
for "choppy" conditions, not rolling.

Especially so if there is a 20 knots of wind involved, as reported by Idlewild.

--Georgs

>10' seas may be coming from one direction and it is very normal to have 6' >seas from a second direction and 4' seas from a third direction. It makes >for "choppy" conditions, not rolling. Especially so if there is a 20 knots of wind involved, as reported by Idlewild. --Georgs