RE: [Paddlewise] Andrea Gail - Perfect Storm

I've seen 30 foot waves from the pilot house of a Navy cruiser.  That is
enough for me.  The tactical situation required that we be in the trough,
and we were rolling 40 degrees each side.
Steve Featherkile


> [Original Message]
> From: Philip Torrens <skerries_at_hotmail.com>

> 
> I wouldn't imagine anyone who's seen a 200' wave from sea level is around
to 
> tell the tale. I believe the typical size of the waves mentioned, in the 
> book at least, was 100 feet - half the size, but still more than enough.
> 
> I saw "The Perfect Storm" movie on Saturday. Judging from my experience 
> "breaking out" through the surf zone in my whitewater boat, the computer 
> animators did a superb job of capturing the dreadful moment when a wave 
> peaks and breaks "too soon", before you can power over the top, the
awful, 
> achingly long seconds during which you realise this is happening, and the 
> wild, out-of-control back-surfing that happens before the boat is flipped.
> 
> In the book, the author mentions that the Coast Guard term for a wave
that 
> is too steep and fast for a given boat to power up the face of is  
> "non-negotiable". My kayak surfing buddies and I have adopted this term
as 
> very descriptive: "Wow, that wave was totally non-negotiable - it
maytagged 
> me completely, and then window-shaded me back to shore!"
> 
> Philip Torrens
> N49°16' W123°06'
> 
> 
>
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