Chapter 1. Waves & Boat Limitations |
| Goals |
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- Getting the Right Boat for the Waves
- Your Boat’s Limitations in Waves
- Predicting Waves
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| Why is the Way a Boat Rides so Important? |
| Wave Characteristics |
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- Period
- Height
- Length
- Rogue Waves
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| Factors that Affect Waves |
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- Fetch
- Wind Speed
- Wind Duration
- Depth Change
- Current
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| Factor Combination that Creates the Roughest Waves |
| Predicting Rough Waves |
| What Boat do You Need? |
| Estimating Your Boat’s Wave Limitations |
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- Comfortable - Green Zone
- Uncomfortable - Blue Zone
- Dangerous - Red Zone
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| Practical Use of the Comfortable - Green Zone Limits |
| How the Comfortable - Green Zone Limits are Calculated |
| What do the Dangerous - Red Zone Limits Tell Us |
| Practical Use of the Dangerous - Red Zone Limits |
| The Pardey Example |
| Highlights