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Originally Posted by BROADHOPPER

When I was living on the Broads in Gilford, the biggest whitecaps were from the North

That makes sense -- but only from a Gilford perspective. The biggest whitecaps are produced by winds from the Northwest on Winnipesaukee.

Originally Posted by Will

I have done numerous offshore trips...

Me too, but then I have always picked my weather.

The biggest wave I ever encountered was about 100-feet long, and 10-feet high. It ruined an office picnic on an ocean breakwater by sweeping all the food into the sea. (Just one wave, from out of nowhere).

Originally Posted by Cal

I'm not always there and have surely missed something , but I've never seen anything over and honest 4'...I find hard to believe waves that size on Winni. I must be from Missouri , cause ya gotta "show me"

Then maybe you'll agree with your own Marine Mafia website?

Originally Posted by BAJA342, from the Marine-Mafia site

: What I find funny about cruisers is that the ***** Thru Hull exhaust can be heard well after they have been passed. But they care less that their 6' high wake just flipped a canoe or smashed a couple of docked boats three miles away..

(Discussion was of a Missouri lake).

Originally Posted by rickstr66

I have a 19' bass boat.

Bass boat? Maybe you've heard of Nick Ruiz of ESPN: "...This is not only for convenience, as it is hard enough trying to catch bass, never mind while holding onto ones pedestal seat for dear life as the boat is rocked by the 3-foot-high wake of a passing cruiser boat, but also for safety."

Wonder what Nick would say if he had one of Cal's 4-footers come his way.

Originally Posted by rickstr66

I don't care what others report or say. Winni has never seen 8-10' boat wakes.

I'll take a photo anyway next June, when "they" come out in earnest. It's a spectacular sight. While sailing on Winnipesaukee, I've had some wakes crest noisily above my head -- behind me.

Most of the wakes I'm talking about are self-canceling and don't make it to shore. Otherwise, my dock would be swept its entire length two-three times an hour, instead of just maybe "once on Sundays". Still, it sounds like a lot of Big Boaters are unaware of what is going on behind them.

What's scarier: Experienced boaters talking of big wakes they've seen...or people who don't see the big wakes at all?