Fast Olson. We didn’t choose to be in those conditions. Bringing a 55 foot aluminum purpose built boat from St Thomas to the Chesapeake. Once you are 3 days out of St Thomas you are committed. 3 cold fronts coming off the plains formed up to make for a rare tropical depression. Lesson learned. Don’t try to make that trip in April. Nothing like being 300 miles off St. Augustine in 25 foot breaking seas. No outs at that point. Never again. Many waves broke over the pilot house. The main cabin had Lexan small ports. The pilot hose had large windows of tempered glass. We stayed in the pilot house while on watch. One person in a gimballed chair at the nav station and one in the pilot berth across from it.
