: Personally, I think Tim and I have a disconnect in our descriptions.

: Where I paddle, wind waves are choppy, steep, chaotic, can come from
: different directions at different moments and have very short periods when
: organized, something like 7 seconds or less and the organization is
: haphazard ... it may be organized in one location but not 100 yards away.
: At 2-3 feet those can be a bit of a giggle as they say, and they can be
: kinda fun ... but no way can I see 6 to 9 foot wind waves of that
: nature as something reasonable to paddle in, even if the swell is zero
: (granted Tim has already clarified that he doesn't want to paddle in those
: conditions, he just wants a boat capable of those conditions).

Hi Ken,
That's quite possible, we all get used to the conditions in our locality and it tends to colour our perceptions when discussing specific conditions in different areas.

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: BTW ... Crickey ... I had to look that one up ... too kewl! I've always
: wondered how the Australians come up with such kewl words!

: Ken Blanton

It's an old English word that went with the transportees.

Mike Savage
South West Cork