Definitely some good size waves. No doubt in my mind they were 4-6 with the occasional 8. However, that being said, the waves were spaced very well making it easier to run. If they were a 4-6' gulf chop stacked up in 3-4 second intervals even 35' center consoles would be turning around. Still looks like a great boat, hopefully me next boat.
This is Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, AL. Sea just outside the inlet were over 8', at the mouth of the inlet they were solid 6', just inside they were 4', and well inside they were 2-3' rollers. Those are the facts, feel free to argue them however you want. Waves always look much smaller on video. One key is to note the waves crashing over the rocks.
Unless you are taking waves beam-to, 6-8 foot seas (arguable in this case) are not a threat to a 26' boat even if shes not a deep V. Scary? Yes. Dangerous? No.
Looks pretty bad out there, good boat handling. The only thing that occurred to me was for the guy up top to come down when it's rough. More likely to tip with him up there, I would think. Maybe you got that covered, I don't know.
Said it just as I thought it. We had a 22' trihull bow rider and wanted to fish so bad we took it out of Marathon and found 10 foot rollers. We could have trolled but why the hell stay out in that crap. Some years later we then moved up to a closed bow, 26' with an I/O. That deep V held us safe in plenty of nasty water, probably in seas that we shouldn't have been in but work all week long and need to relax and fish the weekend, well that's how it was when young and daring. A good sailor never talks down another's experiences, too many variables you really have to be there. I mean how to explain sitting in nice calm water in the Atlantic, anchored on a reef maybe in 100' of water and notice something strange a ways out. As it comes closer it sure looks like a damn wave. Yep, about an 8 foot rogue. We just had enough time to pull anchor an point the bow at it and move to it. Would we have capsized taking it abreast? Maybe.
Come on Chris. You know there are not 8' seas that day. That looks like a pretty normal day going out of Orange Beach. Been through there 100 times in a 24' Sea Fox bay boat that looked almost that bad. The one thing that gives it away is the guy in the tower. You won't see anybody in a Cobia tower on a 30' offshore boat if it was that bad.
i have a 22 footer higher deadrise and with a full lookout tower my first day out in solid 4 footers close together my dingy nephew decides to get about 8 feet higher than the t-top so i had to yell at him because i do not know the boats ability to rebound quick enough wih an additional 200 lbs higher in the air and tilting from one side to the other ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, long story short there are some dumb people , so just cause something can be done doesnt mean it is smart .
I have a 25' Steiger with a 14 degree dead rise and nice steep bow entry. It weighs 8,000 lbs wet and has trims tabs, with a 9' 3" beam. I have no problem in offshore or near shore seas. Just trim down the bow and slow it down. The wide beam reduces rolling and with less dead rise I get better fuel economy. Look at he whole design of the hull. Not just for a Deep V.
Taken my Century 2101 Bay Boat in 4 ft seas quite a few times. Rough and wet but no safety concerns. Really depends on the dominant period between waves.
This is one of the very few good videos of actual wave sizes. Most don't show them well cause they're behind eisenglass trying to stay dry or just hanging hard. Hard to hold a camera and hang on at the same time. It's like standing up in your truck bed while you drive around town.
Average day with that kind of wind on Lake Huron. Easy peezy in my 13' Whaler. Looks like fun, though. You'd never get nice waves like that on Lake Erie, however. The guy in the tower would be crapping all over his compatriots by the time this video ended.
The camera seemed to cut out just as things were getting big. The front free board height and flare is the key, I don't care what the brand is. This boat seemed manageable if you got caught but I wouldn't use it for that on purpose.
I’m an old man now, and an old sailor, ..one quick way you tell the height of waves close to you is to site the height of the approaching wave with the horizon. If the wave crosses the horizon then it is the height of your eye or higher, and your feet will possibly be 1ft above the surface anyway ...giving the wave a height of approx 6 to 7 ft.........I saw that in this video
I've seen a shirtless drunk guy on an aluminum 14' Jon boat with a 5hp pounding through the Barnegat Inlet in 6-8 foot white caps. I came back 4 hours later, and the crazy fucking bastard was still fishing the inlet. I don't know how. I don't understand it one bit.
Big water + no life jacket + small shallow water boat = danger for you in the boat and for the poor buggers gotta fish your ass out of the drink aforen them there sharks come on in for supper
All these know it alls.. I know from experience since I work on the water that recordings of waves NEVER do them justice... now granted most of those seas were in shore rollers it looked like, I don’t doubt that they were at least 4 footers
Not even close to 4-6ft waves bro.....come on! 2-3ft with an occasional 4 maybe. Top of wave to the trough. And they're rollers with very lil white water
Small Breakers good for him since he's not smart enough to drive the boat at the bottom driving the small boat at the top making it top-heavy could have really been a disaster what a beginner
That looks like 3' and it looks like Oregon inlet NC, if it is, then A) relatively calm day, and B) it may have been 4 to 5' out on the bar, but you never got to the breakers in the video.
Once my dad and his brother were sleeping on our boat 23 miles out at sea.The reason they did was because they were being circled by shark s.That night they were shark fishing. My dad woke up and the waves outside were 7-8 feet!They had to go in immediately.Our boat is a 23 food Grady white.
YEA I hope so cause iv got 1972 14ft hi laker 25 hp merk and iv done some scary SHIT like waves so big your prop comes out of water when you go down them. but I've had waves beak over bow and soak me etc etc
I wouldn't think you would capsize. Boat would handle it. General rule of thumb is boat length * .3 sooo you should be okay in waves under 7.8 feet... But would not be that fun with waves that high...
no PFDs. great idea geniuses...especially when you are facing danger like that. also, why in the F would anyone buy 26 feet of FLATS boat? get some V in your next ride.
Compliments in showing this, people who sell boats always want to show bikini girls, drinks in hands, dead calm conditions. One other thing that needs to be shown--"what to do if" sort of videos. What to do if....you lose the engine, which can happen in a heartbeat, even with a brand new engine, that's just one example. What to do IF, water starts pouring in-for sure, you don't have a lot of time to think, so maybe you should have thought about that "what if" in advance. What if, you receive a mayday--can you determine where they are--how far you are from them and plot a course to them--damn fast? What to do if....a fire starts, or someone goes overboard, what do you do right now--what next? The list is pretty long and we really need videos on the various problems that can happen on the water. What do you do--if suddenly you detect--forget the weather report that said it would be a calm day, what do you do if you notice the wind change directions and pick up a bit? What do you do if you are approaching a dock-and the wind is WILD--how do you approach that dock--which side do you come up on-why? If you want to boat--ocean or even lake, there are some things you should think about long before the situation comes up. We need lots of videos along those lines
I'm pretty sure they were 4 foot no bigger but that was just a swell rolling inside the inlet a 6 foot John boat loaded down with 3 guys would be safe in that... as soon as they got near the jetty when it started getting choppy they turned around and quit filming running into the headsea
@@0bbyspoon Waves never show their size on cameras It's because of scaling and shit. pretty sure if you look for the weather on that day in that place they were fours and fives
Looks like they were spaced nicely 4-6 and as soon as they got close together you guys made a u turn and cut the tape, Smart move.
Definitely some good size waves. No doubt in my mind they were 4-6 with the occasional 8. However, that being said, the waves were spaced very well making it easier to run. If they were a 4-6' gulf chop stacked up in 3-4 second intervals even 35' center consoles would be turning around. Still looks like a great boat, hopefully me next boat.
Steven Bradshaw there were no 6 or 8 foot waves there not even 4 foot maybe 2-3 the most..
Black beast E550.. there were some 4-6 waves. If you measure the backside of the waves. Waves look smaller on camera.
This is Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, AL. Sea just outside the inlet were over 8', at the mouth of the inlet they were solid 6', just inside they were 4', and well inside they were 2-3' rollers. Those are the facts, feel free to argue them however you want. Waves always look much smaller on video. One key is to note the waves crashing over the rocks.
Unless you are taking waves beam-to, 6-8 foot seas (arguable in this case) are not a threat to a 26' boat even if shes not a deep V. Scary? Yes. Dangerous? No.
Looks pretty bad out there, good boat handling. The only thing that occurred to me was for the guy up top to come down when it's rough. More likely to tip with him up there, I would think. Maybe you got that covered, I don't know.
Said it just as I thought it. We had a 22' trihull bow rider and wanted to fish so bad we took it out of Marathon and found 10 foot rollers. We could have trolled but why the hell stay out in that crap. Some years later we then moved up to a closed bow, 26' with an I/O. That deep V held us safe in plenty of nasty water, probably in seas that we shouldn't have been in but work all week long and need to relax and fish the weekend, well that's how it was when young and daring. A good sailor never talks down another's experiences, too many variables you really have to be there. I mean how to explain sitting in nice calm water in the Atlantic, anchored on a reef maybe in 100' of water and notice something strange a ways out. As it comes closer it sure looks like a damn wave. Yep, about an 8 foot rogue. We just had enough time to pull anchor an point the bow at it and move to it. Would we have capsized taking it abreast? Maybe.
Waves do always look smaller on camera.... even standing on the beach, they look smaller.. you gotta be there to appreciate them correctly lol
Come on Chris. You know there are not 8' seas that day. That looks like a pretty normal day going out of Orange Beach. Been through there 100 times in a 24' Sea Fox bay boat that looked almost that bad. The one thing that gives it away is the guy in the tower. You won't see anybody in a Cobia tower on a 30' offshore boat if it was that bad.
i have a 22 footer higher deadrise and with a full lookout tower my first day out in solid 4 footers close together my dingy nephew decides to get about 8 feet higher than the t-top so i had to yell at him because i do not know the boats ability to rebound quick enough wih an additional 200 lbs higher in the air and tilting from one side to the other ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, long story short there are some dumb people , so just cause something can be done doesnt mean it is smart .
I have a 25' Steiger with a 14 degree dead rise and nice steep bow entry. It weighs 8,000 lbs wet and has trims tabs, with a 9' 3" beam. I have no problem in offshore or near shore seas. Just trim down the bow and slow it down. The wide beam reduces rolling and with less dead rise I get better fuel economy. Look at he whole design of the hull. Not just for a Deep V.
Those are inlet rollers that are easy. My dinghy could handle those. Put it in a 4-6ft chop and see what it can do.
BigWater59 I think it sank anyways ... u turn back to the bay
Taken my Century 2101 Bay Boat in 4 ft seas quite a few times. Rough and wet but no safety concerns. Really depends on the dominant period between waves.
6 foot seas? I guess I must have failed basic math.
This is one of the very few good videos of actual wave sizes. Most don't show them well cause they're behind eisenglass trying to stay dry or just hanging hard. Hard to hold a camera and hang on at the same time. It's like standing up in your truck bed while you drive around town.
Good thing you weren't on Lake Michigan -- 4 to 6 footers would have brought major hurt to the boat and crew!
I'm a Great Lakes guy, too. Try the AuSable river in a 'Noreaster. LOL. 10+ and fast intervals. You WILL get wet.
If a 16 ft whaler with a 90 hp does fine going 30 mph in that water any 26 fter will be more then enough
Average day with that kind of wind on Lake Huron. Easy peezy in my 13' Whaler. Looks like fun, though. You'd never get nice waves like that on Lake Erie, however. The guy in the tower would be crapping all over his compatriots by the time this video ended.
Looks like a fun day in my 14’ caribe...going out the channel at st Joseph,Michigan...:)
Did this out of Indian River Inlet in same size seas and ran 13 miles to the Delaware Bay in a 17 foot CC about 3' from keel to gunnwale.
fishcop076 that's funny I was going to mention Indian River , I've seen boats break in half out there
The camera seemed to cut out just as things were getting big. The front free board height and flare is the key, I don't care what the brand is. This boat seemed manageable if you got caught but I wouldn't use it for that on purpose.
I believe the 4 to 6. Nice video. Thx
looks like it handled it like a champ!
I’m an old man now, and an old sailor, ..one quick way you tell the height of waves close to you is to site the height of the approaching wave with the horizon. If the wave crosses the horizon then it is the height of your eye or higher, and your feet will possibly be 1ft above the surface anyway ...giving the wave a height of approx 6 to 7 ft.........I saw that in this video
Life is about decisions. Not showing your turn around debacle after making the wrong decision to go out in the first place.
We do this in my job boat,sometimes fear for my life but we get there.
Cool video
OK, where was the 4-6? Did I miss it?
Dick Little they were barley 2 foot inlet rollers dumbass
Only stuffed it once! Hell yeah!
Dump the cheesy music and explain whats going on in the video.
What's going on in the video is self evident.
Well, 64 people that don't really know about sea and boat ride!
Nice video and huge boat handling!
Good wind guys!
I've seen a shirtless drunk guy on an aluminum 14' Jon boat with a 5hp pounding through the Barnegat Inlet in 6-8 foot white caps. I came back 4 hours later, and the crazy fucking bastard was still fishing the inlet. I don't know how. I don't understand it one bit.
I used to take my 22' koffler baybee out in this weather all the time
Big water + no life jacket + small shallow water boat = danger for you in the boat and for the poor buggers gotta fish your ass out of the drink aforen them there sharks come on in for supper
All these know it alls.. I know from experience since I work on the water that recordings of waves NEVER do them justice... now granted most of those seas were in shore rollers it looked like, I don’t doubt that they were at least 4 footers
Not even close to 4-6ft waves bro.....come on! 2-3ft with an occasional 4 maybe. Top of wave to the trough. And they're rollers with very lil white water
Small Breakers good for him since he's not smart enough to drive the boat at the bottom driving the small boat at the top making it top-heavy could have really been a disaster what a beginner
And then the transom fell off
Are you in Alabama
ok so wheres the 4-6 foot wave
That's in part two...
That's a hybrid. Still, no problem.
Deep vee center console woukd make that a lot more comfortable.
Can you post the part where there are 4-6' seas? Even a 4'er was a stretch in that clip.
Cameras make waves look small those are 4-5 ft all day long
You clearly have no idea what your talking about. Try going out on a rough day and recording the chop from your boat.
Lol title should be take the boat to the end of the jetty and turn around
Now try going out the pass.
Easy 4 to 6 in the inlet or pass or whatever you call it over there
Try that on Lake Eries' 6-8' waves and... Nevermind you wouldn't di it.
That looks like 3' and it looks like Oregon inlet NC, if it is, then A) relatively calm day, and B) it may have been 4 to 5' out on the bar, but you never got to the breakers in the video.
I've been in rougher in a 17 cc
Get a marine measuring tape. Lol
Where is the 4 and 6 foooters
Once my dad and his brother were sleeping on our boat 23 miles out at sea.The reason they did was because they were being circled by shark s.That night they were shark fishing.
My dad woke up and the waves outside were 7-8 feet!They had to go in immediately.Our boat is a 23 food Grady white.
YEA I hope so cause iv got 1972 14ft hi laker 25 hp merk and iv done some scary SHIT like waves so big your prop comes out of water when you go down them. but I've had waves beak over bow and soak me etc etc
I know people who wouldn't be safe in an ocean liner
I wouldn't think you would capsize. Boat would handle it. General rule of thumb is boat length * .3 sooo you should be okay in waves under 7.8 feet... But would not be that fun with waves that high...
my dad takes me out on a 24 Robalo bay in 2-4 chop very fun
Yes, that's some nasty water--would not want to fish in that stuff.
I've been surfing for >40 years and you did NOT encounter 4'-6' waves in this video.
Quick. turn around and take shelter at Pirate's Cove!
fun fun fun my 16ft mako custom t-top can take 4-5 ok but i beefed up to a 2000gph pump with float switch/alarm + the stock 500gph on a switch
My 16 foot runabout with a 70hp johnson goes through swell like that lol. That aint big
anyone that's ever tried to film the chop knows this is a bad chop! It always looks smaller than it is in a video!
All about spacing was in 6s in a 27,3 not log ago
2 foot draft bay boat? theres a lotta v in thar matey
Phloughi Tizzy, I agree but badass video though
pretty sure this is a 12-14" draft (14" with tower config as seen). definiteyl not a 2ft draft though.
first 30ft bay boat I've ever seen.
26 bay, actually 25.5
Didnt even get to the end of the jetties ?????? WTF ????
no PFDs. great idea geniuses...especially when you are facing danger like that. also, why in the F would anyone buy 26 feet of FLATS boat? get some V in your next ride.
Try that in a real storm with with limited vis and multi directional waves. Nice boat though just dont go selling it for what it's not.
Lmaooooooo I live in the northeast fish in 4-6 footers in a 16ft aluminum skiff for striped bass
Adam Raymond don’t rember asking
@@curt2147 go F#$* yourself no one asked you
Adam Raymond okay big man
Is this in texas ?
Orange beach, al
Do you even know what 4 to 6 foot seas looks like?
Compliments in showing this, people who sell boats always want to show bikini girls, drinks in hands, dead calm conditions. One other thing that needs to be shown--"what to do if" sort of videos. What to do if....you lose the engine, which can happen in a heartbeat, even with a brand new engine, that's just one example. What to do IF, water starts pouring in-for sure, you don't have a lot of time to think, so maybe you should have thought about that "what if" in advance. What if, you receive a mayday--can you determine where they are--how far you are from them and plot a course to them--damn fast? What to do if....a fire starts, or someone goes overboard, what do you do right now--what next? The list is pretty long and we really need videos on the various problems that can happen on the water. What do you do--if suddenly you detect--forget the weather report that said it would be a calm day, what do you do if you notice the wind change directions and pick up a bit? What do you do if you are approaching a dock-and the wind is WILD--how do you approach that dock--which side do you come up on-why? If you want to boat--ocean or even lake, there are some things you should think about long before the situation comes up. We need lots of videos along those lines
That's easy try being in a 18.5 foot key west dual console with only 150 hp in 10-14 foot swells
Guess yours can't maybe if wasn't on the tower wouldn't of been scared
this is ez for 26' bay boat.
Been there done that x5
Looked bigger than 6
Liam O'Donovan
Actually no
I didn't see any 4-6
Np
That’s 2-3 with 5 to 6 ft swells
those are just rollers
And the answer is.... No.
Lmao come on man... 26 ft... my 18 can walk thru it
Why. Do that.
I been in a john boat bigger waves than that.
smallest 4 ' seas i have ever seen in my decade and a half offshore
I'm pretty sure they were 4 foot no bigger but that was just a swell rolling inside the inlet a 6 foot John boat loaded down with 3 guys would be safe in that... as soon as they got near the jetty when it started getting choppy they turned around and quit filming running into the headsea
@@0bbyspoon Waves never show their size on cameras It's because of scaling and shit. pretty sure if you look for the weather on that day in that place they were fours and fives
Lol do 8 ft in my 17 lol
Lol nice try guys
Looked like 4-6 to me.
Warning....useless music included
2 ft waves