Re: Trailering a pontoon boat

John H. wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 10:46:53 -0400, gfretwell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 07:20:49 -0400, John H.
>> <salmonbait@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> I once had a little 15' Boston Whaler CC. It spent a lot of Sundays
>>> cruising around from Sandy Point to Annapolis. 
>>>
>>> But, there were very few days that I'd have taken a pontoon boat into
the
>>> bay, and I don't recall ever seeing one in the bay.
>>> -- 
>> Most of my boating there was in the south bay, Point lookout, St
>> Georges Island and such.
>> When I had my 17' I stayed in the Potomac, ****t Tobacco or Ft
>> Wa****ngton.
>> The bay has a unique chop that just beats the hell out of you if you
>> don't have a pretty big boat. You could be there in a pontoon but you
>> would stay wet. You would probably scoop up more than a few sea
>> nettles and throw them on the deck.
> 
> Those three foot wave days are pure misery in a small boat. Hell,
they're
> no fun in a 27'er either!
> 
> But, in a small boat the waves give a little more action to the lures
when
> trolling. That's the way to justify going out.


Three foot waves are a rarity on Chesapeake Bay.

What gfretwell was discussing was "...a unique chop that just beats the 
hell out of you..." That typically is a one to a max of 2 foot chop with 
close peaks.