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BroadHopper · 12-22-2004, 01:00 PM

When I was living on the Broads in Gilford, the biggest whitecaps were from the North, If there was a strong Northerly wind the waves will be coming in from Moultonboro neck. I've seen 4 footers, possibly 5 footers that will lift up docks and throw them aside. I've seen many boats break from moorings. I don't know about waves bigger than that. Not even the Mount could create a bigger wave.
I got caught off the east side of Rattlesnake once when the wind was blowing from the North. I was on a 21 footer and Man, What a ride! The waves will wash over the windsheild! The bilge pump did not stop pumping till quit a while after!

12-22-2004, 01:00 PM	#29
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,584 Thanks: 3,227 Thanked 1,106 Times in 796 Posts	When I was living on the Broads in Gilford, the biggest whitecaps were from the North, If there was a strong Northerly wind the waves will be coming in from Moultonboro neck. I've seen 4 footers, possibly 5 footers that will lift up docks and throw them aside. I've seen many boats break from moorings. I don't know about waves bigger than that. Not even the Mount could create a bigger wave. I got caught off the east side of Rattlesnake once when the wind was blowing from the North. I was on a 21 footer and Man, What a ride! The waves will wash over the windsheild! The bilge pump did not stop pumping till quit a while after! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.