Sounds like a lot of Police for a few rowdy fastboaters.

 

Sounds like fun! Did you take any photos of the boat ride?

 

no...unfortunately not - it was too rough - so rough in fact on the return trip we had on our life vests and lanyards.......

 

DUDE......what are you talking about......... "your other boat wouldn't have handled it" I was out in that sh*t Saturday evening. My father and I left Bay Cafe' (bikini contest finals ) in Baltimore and came around to Sandy Point. It was EASILY 4-6ft. It is the biggest I've ever seen the bay. The ol' Sunsation held it's own. We did get wet though.

Hope you and GEB had a great time. I've never been to Solomon's but would like to get down there one weekend.

 

Splinter, you and your dad are MANIACS!!! :shocked:
Hope the bikini contestants were worth the trip! Glad to hear you weren't out Sunday or Monday... Sunday was a classic Nor'easter, with sideways rain, wind and zero visibility. The only thing that kept us from being banged around at the dock was the 90' yacht that pulled in on the up-wind side of us. I WISH we had taken pictures! I was very nervous heading back on Monday because the wind was still kicking and I'd swear the waves were bigger than on Saturday... I kept thinking of that last scene in 'A Perfect Storm'! After we got home, I suggested to Jeff that maybe next time we head out for the weekend, we should avoid areas completely covered in yellow and red on the weather map!

 

I should rephrase that. The boat may have handled it...but my bladder couldn't.

However I will add to that the waves were so big the nose of any 28 would have stuffed numerous times... guaranteed unless you ran dangerously close to shore or had 4 hours to go 40 miles.

ps: by the way- the waves below the bridge were twice as big as the waves we encounted above the bridge...cruising to the bridge was a cake walk compared to what we encountered below the bridge.

 

WAIT,,,,, HOLD UP,,,,,, BIKINI CONTEST !!!!!!!!!!!! NO HOLDING OUT ON US JEFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Sorry OB, no bikini contest for us this weekend... the weather was cool, cloudy and mostly rainy.

I did put my bikini on late Saturday afternoon when the rain started. The water at the marina was warmer than the air, and we were already drenched from cleaning the boat in the rain, so Jeff and I put on life jackets and jumped in! We had a great time bobbing around on the waves, and at one point all of the people in the marina restaurant were standing at the windows looking out at us... it was comical! :shocked: :confused1 :smile1:

 

Karen and I found refuge on the leeward side of the Top Gun where the wind and wake were non-existent. We had a great time though because they water was extremely clear and clean in Solomons. We even put the rain to good use when we scrubbed the cockpit floor and took the carpet out onto the dock and scrubbed it with soapy water and rinsed it really well. The cockpit carpet is now 5 shades more blue because all of the dirt has been washed out of it....

 

Glad the new boat is working out so well for you guys. I hope we are as happy with our next boat. ( whatever that may be !! )

 

Oh,,, by the way JEFF ,,,, had your own private Bikini contest huh !!!!

 

tough weekend

Rumor has it that the boat was rocking just as much in calm water!:winker: :winker: :winker: