Sucker hole

Sucker hole

Sucker hole is a colloquial term referring to a short spate of good weather that "suckers" sailors into leaving port just in time for a storm to resume at full force.

External links

* [http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=27206 What Is A Sucker Hole?] by Steve Pool, September 18, 2003.


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