On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:49:10 -0800 (PST), Joe
wrote:

I know it's hard for lubbers like you and your puppets to understand,
take a look at this vid, running 30 ft but don't look like it.

You can make anything look like anything if you are a good
photographer. That is why there is money in the business. In the
summer there is a scarcity of waves in the North Atlantic. Biggest
on one crossing were said to be fifteen feet. From the bar, the one
above the wheelhouse, they looked like nothing. There was no roll
whatever, but you could feel the up and down and see the pitching.

Casady