Now that's what I call a wake

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Now that\'s what I call a wake

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OK, so I cheated, it's from the Condor Express, wave peircing catamaran ferry doing 41 kts from Guernsey to Poole. Hell of a wake tho' innit? twin rooster tails at least 15' high with a secondary plume in the centre that's about 6' too. Leaves a foam path 50' wide as far as the eye can see.

Would scare the brown stuff outta me if I was sailing nearby.
 
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Leaving Jersey one time a fool in his sports boat tried keeping up withe Condor before she got up to full speed.

He was trying to jump the wake but kept coming in at too shallow an angle, almost flipped himself over before deciding to withdraw to safer water.
 
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Been there plenty times, always turn bow on or else,
they nearly swamped us one time at the NE minks buoy he turned right at my stern,I got an apolagey from them after making a lot of noise at the harbour office!!


PS. the wake takes 7mins to get ashore get the kids out of the water or else...
 
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Had the said Condor pass close by us off Poole not so long ago - not a pleasant wake from the small boat side! Also difficult to tell if you have been seen by them (visual or radar) as they approach at high speed. Has been the subject of several aggravated VHF messages locally as well.
 
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Vis from the bridge is extremely good ... I had no problems spotting a couple of yachts mid channel...
 
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There seems to be a lot of spray but there's very little wake considering...

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Yeah, that's what it looks like from 20' above sea level on board. As you will see from the earlier replies it's a bit dfifferent at sea level in a small boat.

I have been hit by the wake from a similar beast that does Holyhead/ Dun Laoraghie (Sorry about spellling!). We were in Holyhead harbour at the time & the ferry had passed the entrance 20 mins earlier. I was not prepared for the 2 x 6' high, 12' apart, rollers that hit us broadside on. Stuff went everywhere & I was lucky to stay on board & not break anything when I hit the deck. And that is with a 30' yacht with 10' beam. What it does to people fishing in the likes of a Microplus I dread to think.

Years ago in a PBK 20 two seater canvas canoe I and a colleague were hit by the wash from an Isle of Man Steam Packet boat - traditional steamer doing 20kts in the Mersey. Again it hit us ages after the ferry had passed so we had forgotten about it. It was an exciting bit of surfing that we were lucky to survive. Kapok buoyancy aids probably wouldn't have kept us afloat long enough to get ashore!
 
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*** SNAP ***
We went over last week on the excellent day trip they are offering at the moment - I cheated and did not come back!
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I had the handheld GPS with me and it recorded between 36 and 39 knots./ The wake looks more spectacular from sea level
 
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The HSS from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire shares the same harbour on this side that I use. It's fantastic fun going over/down the wake, just don't take it beam on...
 
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Your Av looks like You just met The Wake in Your Raggie thinghy beam on! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Indeed, it nearly came to that. The wind from it blew all me clothes off too. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Re: Now that\'s what I call a wake

I often have to cross the wake of the 40 knts cats that cross from Algecieras (bay of GIbraltar) to Tangier as I head west across the bay
 
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