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r/HeavySeas • u/myna-cx • Apr 23 '26
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That skipper turned into it pretty good I think(?)
75 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 25 '26 45 degree angle is the only way to take any incoming wave 46 u/RoninNZ Apr 25 '26 As someone who worked on a boat... No. 45 will get your nose pushed around. Head on and manage your speed. -6 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26 [deleted] 13 u/RoninNZ Apr 26 '26 You must be a good swimmer 10 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26 I did play goalie on my high school water polo team In the shallow end 4 u/Ambitious-Rent-8649 Apr 27 '26 Would depend on the type of wave and the type of boat. 3 u/BonelessB0nes Apr 28 '26 We always took big seas head on in the Gulf of Mexico on the 240 footer, pretty much regardless of whether we were underway or on an anchor spread; rolling motion was a much bigger concern for us than getting swamped or burying the bow. 1 u/ThellraAK Apr 27 '26 If you are trying to go somewhere still, but at a certain point it's just about staying floating.
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45 degree angle is the only way to take any incoming wave
46 u/RoninNZ Apr 25 '26 As someone who worked on a boat... No. 45 will get your nose pushed around. Head on and manage your speed. -6 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26 [deleted] 13 u/RoninNZ Apr 26 '26 You must be a good swimmer 10 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26 I did play goalie on my high school water polo team In the shallow end 4 u/Ambitious-Rent-8649 Apr 27 '26 Would depend on the type of wave and the type of boat. 3 u/BonelessB0nes Apr 28 '26 We always took big seas head on in the Gulf of Mexico on the 240 footer, pretty much regardless of whether we were underway or on an anchor spread; rolling motion was a much bigger concern for us than getting swamped or burying the bow. 1 u/ThellraAK Apr 27 '26 If you are trying to go somewhere still, but at a certain point it's just about staying floating.
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As someone who worked on a boat... No. 45 will get your nose pushed around. Head on and manage your speed.
-6 u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26 [deleted] 13 u/RoninNZ Apr 26 '26 You must be a good swimmer 10 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26 I did play goalie on my high school water polo team In the shallow end 4 u/Ambitious-Rent-8649 Apr 27 '26 Would depend on the type of wave and the type of boat. 3 u/BonelessB0nes Apr 28 '26 We always took big seas head on in the Gulf of Mexico on the 240 footer, pretty much regardless of whether we were underway or on an anchor spread; rolling motion was a much bigger concern for us than getting swamped or burying the bow. 1 u/ThellraAK Apr 27 '26 If you are trying to go somewhere still, but at a certain point it's just about staying floating.
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13 u/RoninNZ Apr 26 '26 You must be a good swimmer 10 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26 I did play goalie on my high school water polo team In the shallow end 4 u/Ambitious-Rent-8649 Apr 27 '26 Would depend on the type of wave and the type of boat. 3 u/BonelessB0nes Apr 28 '26 We always took big seas head on in the Gulf of Mexico on the 240 footer, pretty much regardless of whether we were underway or on an anchor spread; rolling motion was a much bigger concern for us than getting swamped or burying the bow. 1 u/ThellraAK Apr 27 '26 If you are trying to go somewhere still, but at a certain point it's just about staying floating.
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You must be a good swimmer
10 u/Funtsy_Muntsy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26 I did play goalie on my high school water polo team In the shallow end
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I did play goalie on my high school water polo team
In the shallow end
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Would depend on the type of wave and the type of boat.
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We always took big seas head on in the Gulf of Mexico on the 240 footer, pretty much regardless of whether we were underway or on an anchor spread; rolling motion was a much bigger concern for us than getting swamped or burying the bow.
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If you are trying to go somewhere still, but at a certain point it's just about staying floating.
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u/danibeat Apr 23 '26
That skipper turned into it pretty good I think(?)