08-06-2010, 10:35 PM
Your right, this boat pounds!, 30 mph is on flat days, or pulling the tube for the kids, also if you have spent any time offshore in a bayrunner you know it's wet, when fishing offshore I'm in full slicker gear, but it's all about compromises, I live here now, towing it to the coast is easy cause it's light, but running in weather from Santa Cruz Island downhill to the coast can get pretty hairy.
Running back to the west from Ventura or points east in the afternoon is not recommended in winds over 20kts.
but again compromise, I have only been chased off mead once from weather, that was 30+ gusts during summer thunderstorms, only a fool would have stayed out in those conditions and I watched several boats with less freeboard get swamped at the ramp that day.
I'd much rather be in a Radon or Anderson if I was fishing back home all the time, but towing a boat that heavy back and forth would kill me. so I picked the light weight, and I pick my days to fish offshore.
I've had this boat to the albacore grounds off Central Cal every season since 2000, up to 120 miles off Morro, and out to the Tanner on 1 occasion but only on the most perfect days, 5 -15MPH winds and forecast to decrease. other than that, I stay on the beach, or ride the sportboats.
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Running back to the west from Ventura or points east in the afternoon is not recommended in winds over 20kts.
but again compromise, I have only been chased off mead once from weather, that was 30+ gusts during summer thunderstorms, only a fool would have stayed out in those conditions and I watched several boats with less freeboard get swamped at the ramp that day.
I'd much rather be in a Radon or Anderson if I was fishing back home all the time, but towing a boat that heavy back and forth would kill me. so I picked the light weight, and I pick my days to fish offshore.
I've had this boat to the albacore grounds off Central Cal every season since 2000, up to 120 miles off Morro, and out to the Tanner on 1 occasion but only on the most perfect days, 5 -15MPH winds and forecast to decrease. other than that, I stay on the beach, or ride the sportboats.
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