On 15 April 2012 16:06, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Was your boat bashed around also from the same large waves or was that boat > hit by a rogue wave?
The other boats were further ahead and missed that particular weather system, though it was not a great deal more severe than what we had been sailing in previously. The boats are designed to take advantage of large following waves, as they surf well (we regularly saw double the displacement speed, and peaked at 27kts). The problem they had was that one of the following waves actually broke over the stern (we saw only one wave break anywhere near us). I think the only picture I have seen that captures the size of the Pacific waves is the second on this page: http://www.sail-world.com/UK/index.cfm?SEID=0&Nid=68035&SRCID=0&ntid=29&tickeruid=0&tickerCID=0 Which is actually about the previous race (2009-2010) and the dismasted boat (California) is the one they renamed t o "Derry Londonderry" and that I sailed on. > Would you do that again? The answer when I got to the Golden Gate was a definite "No, never again" but it has now become a "perhaps". Given a few more months, I expect to have completely changed my mind. http://clipperroundtheworld.com/index.php/teams/derry-londonderry/crew-diaries?item=1237 sums it up :-) -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
