Simple Simon wrote:

I've been out there and been in
sight of very large ships that went completely out of
sight behind such waves.

Have you ever been out on a boat, Nil?

Consider that on your tiny toy boat your height of eye is about 6 feet
and the trough of nearly any wave or swell will put you out of sight of
anything over a few dozen feet away in the trough of another wave or swell.

What a frigging idiot ... Simple, yes.

Mariner? Bwahahahahahahahahaahahaha


Rick