Owned a 40 foot sailboat with 5+ feet of freeboard. Waves refract going around islands (lee side has weird waves even if less wind), through currents and over s

Owned a 40 foot sailboat with 5+ feet of freeboard. Waves refract going around islands (lee side has weird waves even if less wind), through currents and over shoaling. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is sometimes referred to as Juan he Fuck You because of the "haystacks". You see them: "oh there was a haystack! did you see it?" Ran into one once; two feet of green water rolled across the deck. And then it was gone.