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After being out in the south channel on Saturday fishing (Yes I picked up some knots and pizza at riverside) I decided that I'd had enough of fighting waves and wanted to head home. I was about a mile or so south of Gull heading west and taking some good sized waves. My buddy and I were debating if this was worse or about the same as a storm we rode out one time this spring when a large wave caught us on the side causing us to roll over to starboard quite badly!
It was bad enough that I actually reached for the VHF microphone and hit the switch on the bilge pumps! Needless to say we recovered and the boat leveled off. I couldn't get the boat up on plane in the waves so we rode it out slow and sloppy until we were about 2 miles from home when I could get the boat up on plane.
My question: It wasn't like I needed to make a "May day" call but should I have contacted the Coast Guard on 16 and told them that I was getting beat up but we are holding our own, and can you keep in contact with me just in case something goes wrong.
So would I be over reacting and face teasing at the hands of my LSCN peeps or would it have been a good idea?
It was bad enough that I actually reached for the VHF microphone and hit the switch on the bilge pumps! Needless to say we recovered and the boat leveled off. I couldn't get the boat up on plane in the waves so we rode it out slow and sloppy until we were about 2 miles from home when I could get the boat up on plane.
My question: It wasn't like I needed to make a "May day" call but should I have contacted the Coast Guard on 16 and told them that I was getting beat up but we are holding our own, and can you keep in contact with me just in case something goes wrong.
So would I be over reacting and face teasing at the hands of my LSCN peeps or would it have been a good idea?