One of the nicer things about my workplace we never stay in areas where it
gets above Force nine or ten. In a year and a half plus of doing this,
Atlantic, Pacific, Med, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Indian Oceans I've
seen Force 9 once and that for only 7 or 8 hours. It's a case of
Christopher Columbus eat your heart out. We get weather update information
constantly and with our speed can easily out run, sidestep, or circle behind
just about anything. Reason for it is we can't do our job in the middle of
big storms. Plus the bosses just hate to spend money fixing things when
it's easier to go elsewhere for a while. Can't say I disagree with them.
It's one thing I'll miss going back to the small boats.

MST