The second picture down on the first link: I would not consider that a wave... at least not regards to the "Great Lakes" waves we experience in the Midwest USA - I would consider that a mountain of water.. That is crazy big! I can't imagine that "water mountain" in the picture breaking over the back of a boat. 8-O
Dave On 4/15/2012 12:29 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 April 2012 16:06, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> 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 :-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
