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    McCoys Poker Run Hit By Storm
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    Storm on Lake Roosevelt (WA) August 2014 during the McCoys Marina Poker Run. 75 mph winds and 5 foot seas. A boat capsizes around 5:00.

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    Part 2 of storm, 75 mph winds and 5 foot seas

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    Part 3 of Storm. 75 mph winds and 5 foot seas

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    My nephew in Spokane told me about that storm that came through. Holy crap Batman!!!!!!
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    Hell of a storm, First thing I would have done seeing that comming is to push off. just enough headway to maintain steerage straight into it. Nothing good comes from drunken amateur hour on the beach.

    On a side note...was that Crispin Glover doing the video??
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    Watching the one boat out in the storm, looked like an open bow with 2 or three people in the bow, made me wonder about the ability of some people's seamanship.....
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    There are several stories about getting caught in bad weather. I took the boys out with 25 Baja by myself. Bad storm hit, my friends cruiser broke loose . We caught it before talking out neighbors dock. I got back to town , getting boat out by myself, forgot lower unit was down, broke the scag off. You only have to do that once in your life! I check 5 times every time I take the boat out!
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    I think that may be the worst one I've ever seen. Calm to 5' in a matter of minutes. And during a poker run is really a mess.

    I did get caught once on the south side of Lopez Island, by myself, where the water went from calm to probably 8' in a matter of minutes. That was on the fourth of July way back......
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