[1bayouboy]

I've been in pretty close together wind blown 3-5s before....following, slightly quatering sea, on our way in from 50 miles out. I have a 24' I/O and that was a long ride with constant throttle attention....climbing the back of a wave, falling off the front and accelerating down, then slogging into the back of the next wave and having to climb up it. Just keeping on plane was tough without slamming when we'd slide down the front of the waves. I think FrFrank in on with it's all about experience. Adjusting our course in that situation to more of a stern quarter helped a lot. I've gone out some inlets into a head sea with the tide going out where the waves were really close and steep....in the 4-6 range in an 18ft boat. It's definitely a pucker factor when you realize the wave height of the crests is a couple of feet above gunnel height. That was a day when we waited for the right opportunity to come about and rode one back in to stay inshore.