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[Hugh McCormack]

Hello Dave,

 

I am intrigued by your experience and was looking at Google Maps for some ideas.  I have some questions that might help solve the mystery.  From the info you have already given I think it is safe to say that the local 2-4 knots of wind were not the cause.

 

Where abouts on the bay were you when you experienced these waves?  Was Lake Michigan as calm as the bay?  Also what was the approximate distance between wave crests?  From which direction did the wave train come?


Cheers,

 

Hugh

 
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:35:01 -0400
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> Earlier this summer while I was sailing Grand Traverse Bay in winds of 2 to 4 kts apparent with calm flat water and no power boats in the area, there suddenly appeared about about ten wave crests - one was a breaking wave - I thiink some of them might have been two feet high. The water around these waves was flat like all the rest of the water on the bay. When they passed - having bumped me around pretty well - the sea remained flat and the winds remained at the same speeds for most of the rest of the afternoon. The wave crests went all the way across the bay. I saw an other sail boat get knocked around as I was. The whole event lasted about two minutes - maybe a little more or less. 		 	   		  
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