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The Chesapeake Explorer posted 12-08-2013 09:51 PM ET (US)
A lame little video for You Tube. The Chesapeake can beat you up as the bay is shallow and the waves are close together when the wind blows/ The bay can also get really nasty when there is high sustained winds. Of course it is a bay, and you will blow to one side or the other if your motor goes. It is not the Ocean or Great Lakes which I have much respect for. But it is a wide-open large body of water and there are places where you will not see land. You can turn a Montauk over on many days if you are careless.
Your Whaler will take it but it could be a long and expensive ride back to the trailer if you blow to the other side running out of gas mid bay or engine failure. It is a wild place in nature indeed. A wonderfull wild place. And if you should go down, with no life jackets aboard, on the way to Tangier.
jimh posted 12-10-2013 09:16 AM ET (US)
The recording looks like it was made on a rough day, even for a 17-foot Boston Whaler.
chuck21401 posted 12-18-2013 12:46 PM ET (US)
I enjoyed cruising the bay in my 170 Montauk, but not when the wind is blowing like that. I like to take extended trips in August when the wind doesn't seem to blow as much. I try to get out on the water before sunrise and cover as much distance as possible.
A trip to Tangier Island would be interesting. How did you get there? From MD or VA? It looks like Reedville would be closer than Crisfield.
Chuck
The Chesapeake Explorer posted 12-18-2013 10:30 PM ET (US)
Just kidding a friend from Reedville who used to take his 14 ft aluminum V hull to Tangier. The video was made out main bay heading south I was out of Chesapeake Beach Md. I have been there many times over 25 years and about 2 in 10 times I go its smooth. It was a windy day again . As you know the wind always comes up in the afternoon on the bay it seems. Whats funny it looks like I'm riding along and I was actually just barely in gear riding not to beat up the old Whaler and me.
Getting out at sunrise is a good way to do it on the Cheasapeake. I just happen to be a late in the day sleepy head.
fno posted 12-18-2013 11:42 PM ET (US)
They don't call it WhalerButt for nothing.... seriously that looks like a lot of fun if your young, but a pounding if your not...
Treypescatorie posted 12-22-2013 03:47 PM ET (US)
My aching back!!!

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Author	Topic: Boston Whaler Montauk on Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Explorer	posted 12-08-2013 09:51 PM ET (US) A lame little video for You Tube. The Chesapeake can beat you up as the bay is shallow and the waves are close together when the wind blows/ The bay can also get really nasty when there is high sustained winds. Of course it is a bay, and you will blow to one side or the other if your motor goes. It is not the Ocean or Great Lakes which I have much respect for. But it is a wide-open large body of water and there are places where you will not see land. You can turn a Montauk over on many days if you are careless. Your Whaler will take it but it could be a long and expensive ride back to the trailer if you blow to the other side running out of gas mid bay or engine failure. It is a wild place in nature indeed. A wonderfull wild place. And if you should go down, with no life jackets aboard, on the way to Tangier.
jimh	posted 12-10-2013 09:16 AM ET (US) The recording looks like it was made on a rough day, even for a 17-foot Boston Whaler.
chuck21401	posted 12-18-2013 12:46 PM ET (US) I enjoyed cruising the bay in my 170 Montauk, but not when the wind is blowing like that. I like to take extended trips in August when the wind doesn't seem to blow as much. I try to get out on the water before sunrise and cover as much distance as possible. A trip to Tangier Island would be interesting. How did you get there? From MD or VA? It looks like Reedville would be closer than Crisfield. Chuck
The Chesapeake Explorer	posted 12-18-2013 10:30 PM ET (US) Just kidding a friend from Reedville who used to take his 14 ft aluminum V hull to Tangier. The video was made out main bay heading south I was out of Chesapeake Beach Md. I have been there many times over 25 years and about 2 in 10 times I go its smooth. It was a windy day again . As you know the wind always comes up in the afternoon on the bay it seems. Whats funny it looks like I'm riding along and I was actually just barely in gear riding not to beat up the old Whaler and me. Getting out at sunrise is a good way to do it on the Cheasapeake. I just happen to be a late in the day sleepy head.
fno	posted 12-18-2013 11:42 PM ET (US) They don't call it WhalerButt for nothing.... seriously that looks like a lot of fun if your young, but a pounding if your not...
Treypescatorie	posted 12-22-2013 03:47 PM ET (US) My aching back!!!