26 years master mariner (foreign going) + BSc master mariner - china,
japan, malaya, indonesia, indian ocean, west africa, east coast states
and western europe. The waves nearly got me 3 times, its the greedy
shipowners that were almost successful, the hours were horrendous, now
I'm an accountant, much easier.
ken

Paul Cassel wrote:
Jason wrote:


Rogue Giants at Sea

"...By one definition, the titans of the sea rise to heights of at least
25 meters, or 82 feet, about the size of an eight-story building.
Scientists have calculated their theoretical maximum at 198 feet -
higher than the Statue of Liberty or the Capitol rotunda in Washington.
So far, however, they have documented nothing that big. Large rogues
seem to average around 100 feet."

If it's the NY(lying)Times I expect it blames Bush for this problem.

I've seen rogue waves, but not nearly the size many claim they can get.
Reputedly, these huge waves occur way out in the middle of the Pacific
where few if any ships go and are rare. So the chance of a ship finding
one is very slim (size of ship, size of wave, size of ocean).

I've seen rogue waves in the sense of them being more than 2x the size
of the other larger waves. In my case, as in many of these cases, it's
not really a WAVE, but a HOLE and once in the hole, it looks like you
are around huge waves.

We fell into a hole during some sustained 70 kt winds in the north
Pacific. The waves broke into the hole burying us, but the boat was
sound and we bobbed back up to the surface in what seemed a long time.

-paul

In article .com,
"Bob" wrote:

And I suppose ya tie up 2182 as well as 4125 with your I am better than
eveyone else BS.
Its good to keep incontact with friends. Friends are hard to come by.

Well now, 2182.0Khz is Distress, Safety, & Calling Frequency worldwide.
See CFR 47 Part 80.369 (a)
4125.0Khz on the other hand, is is designated as a Distress, Safety,
Calling & Working frequency, and can be used for all those communication
types. See CFR 47 Part 80.369 (b, & d with subnotes 1,2,3), and CFR 47
Part 80.373 (c with subnote 2)

Now I wouldn't expect a BarRoom Skipper like you, to understand the
difference, but Marineers with North Pacific Seatime, certainly would,
should, and do, know the difference. Funny how all the North Pacific
Weather Data gathering is done on 4125.0Khz for the 45 minutes prior
to the Weather Broadcasts from Cold Bay, Kodiak, and Yakatat NWS
Stations, that took over after Peggy Dyson (WBH-29) retired. There
are stiill a few of us around who can remember the time BEFORE Peggy
started transmitting North Pacific Wx to Oscar, while he was out
fishing.

Me

Me wrote:
Now I wouldn't expect a BarRoom Skipper like you, to understand the
difference, but Marineers with North Pacific Seatime, certainly would,
should, and do, know the difference. Funny how all the North Pacific
Weather Data gathering is done on 4125.0Khz for the 45 minutes prior
to the Weather Broadcasts from Cold Bay, Kodiak, and Yakatat NWS
Stations, that took over after Peggy Dyson (WBH-29) retired. There
are stiill a few of us around who can remember the time BEFORE Peggy
started transmitting North Pacific Wx to Oscar, while he was out
fishing.
Me

Hi Me:
Once again you have proven your intelligence and superiority. I only
hope that some day I am as honest and smart as you. Until then, I guess
I'll just have to do my best. So you really think that I am a
"...BarRoom Skipper...." Maybe with many more years of experience I
will be able to achieve that license.

Since you are obviously knowledgeable about North Pacific fisheries I
am sure you realize a person driving a fishing boat needs no uscg
license of any type, training, nor skill to operate most commercial
fishing vessels. I know the readers here will sleep better knowing that
you may also share the same attributes of most "...Mariners with North
Pacific Seatime (I think the term you are looking for is "sea
service").

So I do not waste any more of your valuable time I will end and say
keep that tin foil hat on straight, don't let that tar paper peel off
your home, and I hope you found enough solar panels to keep the
Discovery Channel coming in.
Bob