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Old 02-20-2023, 12:11 AM   #1
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S. CA> Gale Force Winds: FEB.21 & 22

...N/W winds @ 35 mph with gusts to 50 and 8 to 10 foot swell expected off Southern CA by Tuesday afternoon. This is the stuff that sinks boats in the Catalina channel...
...Was caught mid-channel one February in my 24' Radon. Was soon dropping off the tops of 15' curlers with wind blowing 50 mph...Dropped 10' and surfed down the face to the bottom.. Had to use all the power in my 454 h.p. engine to climb up the back of the next swell, only to repeat the same moves, taking 3 1/2 hours to go 12 miles...Ran out of fuel just inside the Federal breakwater.
...The Radon design saved my bacon..The sealed box engine compartment prevented water up to my knees from flooding the engine. The self-draining deck was also a life saver, although the steep climb often had me hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet off the deck and deck water draining over the stern...Didn't have time to be scared, as it took all my effort stay alive. A lessor boat would have gone to the bottom...
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Old 02-20-2023, 12:27 PM   #2
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Re: S. CA> Gale Force Winds: FEB.21 & 22

It sounds like you had a super gnarly ride, Bob, glad you made it to port.
It will be blowing like a stink all the way up north, stay safe!
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Old 02-21-2023, 03:08 PM   #3
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Re: S. CA> Gale Force Winds: FEB.21 & 22

Wow. Glad you made it. That was a ride to be remembered.
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Re: S. CA> Gale Force Winds: FEB.21 & 22

Wow thats scary
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