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