Its stormin' again

[steveinak]

Glad i'm nowhere near this shit,

PKZ120-121500-
CAPE SUCKLING TO GORE POINT
400 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011

...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING TONIGHT...
.TONIGHT...SE WIND 60 KT BECOMING W 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR THE
COAST E OF MONTAGUE ISLAND...SE WIND 70 KT BECOMING SW 55 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 25 FT. RAIN AND SNOW.
.MON...W WIND 50 KT DIMINISHING TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
26 FT.

PKZ130-121500-
BARREN ISLANDS AND KAMISHAK BAY WATERS
400 PM AKST SUN DEC 11 2011

...STORM WARNING THROUGH MONDAY...
.TONIGHT...WEST OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...NE WIND 60 KT BECOMING NW 50
KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 12 FT. EAST OF THE BARREN ISLAND...E WIND
50 KT BECOMING NW 50 KT DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 17 FT. RAIN AND
SNOW.
.MON...W WIND 55 KT DIMINISHING TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS
20 FT SUBSIDING TO 15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS...
W WIND 40 KT DIMINISHING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS 9 FT.
.MON NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT BECOMING NW 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
12 FT EXCEPT 5 FT W OF THE BARREN ISLANDS.
.TUE...N WIND 25 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...E WIND 30 KT. SEAS 5 FT.
.WED...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 11 FT.
.THU...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 14 FT.
.FRI...SE WIND 20 KT. SEAS 13 FT.


.MON NIGHT...W WIND 30 KT. SEAS 18 FT.
.TUE...N WIND 15 KT. SEAS 10 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...E WIND 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT.
.WED THROUGH FRI...SE WIND 25 KT. SEAS 12 FT.

 

[BillD]

If it wasn't too cold, do you think your 29 H&H could handle those 17-25 ft seas?

 

[steveinak]

If it wasn't too cold, do you think your 29 H&H could handle those 17-25 ft seas?

It could I couldn't I got my arse whipped and the chit scared out of me a few times on the Copper River Flats gillnetting out in the Gulf of Alaska in a 28' bowpicker. I hate it when the waves go hissing by ya with foam blowing off the tops. The corkline on the net was stretched out tight between the waves and the fish would be hanging in the air flopping around. No thanks no more!! Its like a old buddy of mine says "the boats come home its the guys on them that don't".