Sea states

[russ]

Looking on the Windfinder web site today for Sunday and its shows a 1.5 feet wave height and 11 second wave periods. My question is will this be a relatively calm sea or not?
Just that the last time we went out with it saying an 8 second wave period it was not very comfortable and had drop our speed to 6-7 knots. So higher the number is it better or worse?

 

[BruceK]

Depends what you're used too. Here in Conwy that'd be ideal. Our wave period is usually 4 to six seconds and the waves 2 to 3 foot. Lovely trying to fish beam on. Always take casualties

 

[russ]

Depends what you're used too. Here in Conwy that'd be ideal. Our wave period is usually 4 to six seconds and the waves 2 to 3 foot. Lovely trying to fish beam on. Always take casualties

Previous trip out at 8 sec wave and I returned with a cut leg, bruised arm and a broken bimini frame. Other than that it was good fun. Boats a 265 Bin liner.

 

[EugeneR]

Previous trip out at 8 sec wave and I returned with a cut leg, bruised arm and a broken bimini frame. Other than that it was good fun. Boats a 265 Bin liner.

I would expect wind speed, tidal flow and their relative directions to have a much greater impact than wave period....

Bayliner 265 was designed to be towable and therefore has a relatively narrow beam, so may not be very stable in beam seas.

 

[BruceK]

Ouch. I was refering to seasickness though. All the friends want to come on a jolly and then fight over the chum bucket as soon as I stop and drop a line.
Trafalgar day re-enactment and raggie race saw all 4 guests begging to die. But as committee boat I was having none of that. The wave period was 3 seconds and the pulpit was burying itself if I kept her bows on. So we took it off the bow quarter and corkscrewed for 20 minutes while the raggies prepped to start the race. All the french boats bailed naturally. So too, all the British boats finished the race. It was a good day. Well, for the guests, not so much