I have an 1985 Sea Ray 340 Sundancer, Twin Crusader 454's V drives.
Shes a real gas whore, but she gets us back home in the nastiest weather.
You know that Sunday after noon 2pm weather change that always happens.. that 20 knot wind and 4 ft seas off the bow for the 40 miles you need to get back home.
I took a wave over the bow of that boat leaving Woods Hole one morning headed to Oaks Bluffs, got around West Chop and were climbing these weird rollers with both throttles buried just to try to make headway. It was hairy, and yes I was worried for the first time, but she pulled us through about 40 minutes of crazy full throttle climbs up these strange reverse rollers created by water rushing over the flats as the tide was going out and a 25knot wind blowing against the backs of them and we are going against the tide and with the wind..... does that make sense to you all.
Yes the props were cavitating on the climbs up and the boat was drenched and covered in salt when we pulled into Oaks Bluffs. We were committed to make Oak Bluff as we were not going back through the passage to Woods hole after that wave over the bow.
We left Oaks Bluffs at 6am and ran the flats over to Nantucket by 8am it was dense fog but the Garmin delivered us right between the breakwater which many know only stands about 2 ft off the water at high tide.
My elderly father ate oyster stew at a restaurant and ended up at the Nantucket hospital for 3 days, and on the forth day I loaded him into the Sea Ray and went from Nantucket to Newport, to Point Judith for fuel then to Watch Hill all in 6 hours. That boat purred like it knew it had a mission to accomplish.
Yes I wish "Sea Lady" was newer but I will tell you that I have a ton of confidence in that boat. She is a real warrior and takes no **** from the seas that's for sure!
Shes a real gas whore, but she gets us back home in the nastiest weather.
You know that Sunday after noon 2pm weather change that always happens.. that 20 knot wind and 4 ft seas off the bow for the 40 miles you need to get back home.
I took a wave over the bow of that boat leaving Woods Hole one morning headed to Oaks Bluffs, got around West Chop and were climbing these weird rollers with both throttles buried just to try to make headway. It was hairy, and yes I was worried for the first time, but she pulled us through about 40 minutes of crazy full throttle climbs up these strange reverse rollers created by water rushing over the flats as the tide was going out and a 25knot wind blowing against the backs of them and we are going against the tide and with the wind..... does that make sense to you all.
Yes the props were cavitating on the climbs up and the boat was drenched and covered in salt when we pulled into Oaks Bluffs. We were committed to make Oak Bluff as we were not going back through the passage to Woods hole after that wave over the bow.
We left Oaks Bluffs at 6am and ran the flats over to Nantucket by 8am it was dense fog but the Garmin delivered us right between the breakwater which many know only stands about 2 ft off the water at high tide.
My elderly father ate oyster stew at a restaurant and ended up at the Nantucket hospital for 3 days, and on the forth day I loaded him into the Sea Ray and went from Nantucket to Newport, to Point Judith for fuel then to Watch Hill all in 6 hours. That boat purred like it knew it had a mission to accomplish.
Yes I wish "Sea Lady" was newer but I will tell you that I have a ton of confidence in that boat. She is a real warrior and takes no **** from the seas that's for sure!
