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Years ago when I had my 24' old style flat front cruiser on Lake Superior I was entering Duluth Harbor with a strong NE wind fighting the out going current. It was true inlet conditions and I was working my way through when a really big one tried to turn me sideways in the trough. It took all...
Okay guys, I used to work on the docks or Reserve Mining and shipped Iron Ore from northern MN. I'm familiar with bow thrusters on the big ships but just never thought of them on smaller boats. Yachts yes but boats in the size I had no. I did have a couple of twin engine boats and they really...
I've been around boats all my life, 78 years of them. I've had boats from 8' to 28' of many kinds but nothing big recently. Now I've kind of gotten hooked on watching Youtube channels on Haulover Inlet and similar. Here's what's new to me and I can't understand. Down where the bow rake starts to...
