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Default Australian yacht hit by 12 meter wave - helmsman lost


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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What do oceanologists say about the generation of a rogue wave?
Anybody know? When conditions are fairly benign, say maybe 8-10 foot
swells, what oddball force kicks up a single, 40-foot, steep and
cresting wave?



I used to be able to ... doing cannonballs off of the slip.

Eisboch