On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:20:28 GMT, otnmbrd
wrote:

G Picture a submarine, diving.
Judging wave heights, at sea is not easy. On a ship, judging heights up
to @30-40' can be done with reasonable accuracy (the bigger the ship the
better), but above that it becomes much more difficult.
If you read various books, I believe you'll find that @60' is considered
the maximum that waves can reach at sea. I feel the number is
considerably higher, but no where near 200'.

I personally can't attest to wave heights, but there is evidence for
100' waves having existed.

Having said that (and I've looked but can't find a source on the web,
I'll have to look for another one) I read somewhere that the
theoretical height limit for a "rouge" wave is 178' - has to do with
the speed, weight of the water, etc. After a certain point, the water
can't support it'self.

It's kinda like reporting roll angles with a "clinometer" .... "we were
rolling 40 deg by the clinometer" .... in truth, their roll angle was
closer to 20 deg.

Hey, makes for a good story and god knows, I love a good story.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653