Somewhat playing to see what would happen. I was drifting an area behind a wip in a wind against tide situation. 20 knot winds; 2 knots of tide and 3' steep chop. A couple 3'ers hit me broadside and got the 1-2-3-snap roll going.
For yucks because fishing stunk I redid the drift, leading with the stern quarter a couple times. 1-2-3, and on the 2nd try the stern corner dipped in and sloshed 20 gallons or so of water into the cockpit. I was ready and at the helm and powered out of the situation before the situation got out of hand. I replayed the drift 4 or 5 times the other way, broadside snap rolled but didn't take water; bow quarter - no problem, however drifting into the seas with the stern corner was downright scary the second time I tried because I saw the boat setting up to scoop a bunch of water into the cockpit.
A 3'er wasn't going to hurt me but I still used power to bring the boat around before taking water again.
One more drift, again at the helm ; straight broadside - no problem; while the boat leaned at what seemed to be an alarming angle it rolled adn came back before taking anything over the side.
By no means a scientific experiment, but I'll think twice before drifting stern first into rips in the future.
For yucks because fishing stunk I redid the drift, leading with the stern quarter a couple times. 1-2-3, and on the 2nd try the stern corner dipped in and sloshed 20 gallons or so of water into the cockpit. I was ready and at the helm and powered out of the situation before the situation got out of hand. I replayed the drift 4 or 5 times the other way, broadside snap rolled but didn't take water; bow quarter - no problem, however drifting into the seas with the stern corner was downright scary the second time I tried because I saw the boat setting up to scoop a bunch of water into the cockpit.
A 3'er wasn't going to hurt me but I still used power to bring the boat around before taking water again.
One more drift, again at the helm ; straight broadside - no problem; while the boat leaned at what seemed to be an alarming angle it rolled adn came back before taking anything over the side.
By no means a scientific experiment, but I'll think twice before drifting stern first into rips in the future.
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