21 Meter Waves, Yikes!

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by arsenelupiga

thats not 21m. i was in stuff like that. Except we were reaching. We met occasional 10 m, just like on video.

As I always say, people like to exaggerate to make them feel better because they got scared and they probably think of them as good mariners and if they got scared must have been really something

Originally Posted by IslandHopper

Argue away.....

https://www.facebook.com/bigwavemaster/

I’m guessing those images ended the argument that was never in doubt in my mind.

How in the world do they prepare meals and keep them down under those conditions?

[fabgo]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I’m guessing those images ended the argument that was never in doubt in my mind.

How in the world do they prepare meals and keep them down under those conditions?

Isn't the wave height 11.40m as usually measured?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_wave_height

This measures the mean of the highest 1/3 of waves.

Which means most of the waves in the video are likely smaller than that.

What am I missing?

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by fabgo

Isn't the wave height 11.40m as usually measured?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_wave_height

This measures the mean of the highest 1/3 of waves.

Which means most of the waves in the video are likely smaller than that.

What am I missing?

Are you unable to simply enjoy the video?

[El Pinguino]

You aren't missing anything... the only thing missing is the 20 metre waves..

They may have been out and about on the day... just not in the vid...

Consider the pic here.. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...PIAN_CONTENDER
The ship is 44 metres long.... by inspection the top of her mast is slightly less than 20 metres above the sea... did the vid show any waves that high... that were towering above the bridge? No it did not....

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by IslandHopper

Argue away.....

https://www.facebook.com/bigwavemaster/

Observe, if you will, the photo on the facebook page....

Height of eye on the bridge of the ship about 10 metres.... but you can see the distant horizon .... and not a wave obscuring it... therefore no seas in sight greater than 10 metres or so..

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

Observe, if you will, the photo on the facebook page....

Height of eye on the bridge of the ship about 10 metres.... but you can see the distant horizon .... and not a wave obscuring it... therefore no seas in sight greater than 10 metres or so..

I suggest you get your eyes checked or put on your readers, then watch the video again with an open mind. I see the waves rising way above the bridge deck and obscuring the horizon several times during the short video, as I’m sure 99% of the people watching the video also see.

Please try again, good luck.

FYI: I posted the video for enjoyment.... not for debate. I couldn’t care any less whether or not the waves are 18, 19, 20 or 21 meters high, they’re still HUGE. IMHO.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I suggest you get your eyes checked or put on your readers, then watch the video again with an open mind. I see the waves rising way above the bridge deck and obscuring the horizon several times during the short video,that is because the ship is in 'nose down' attitude as she descends into the abyss.... that's what it looks like when the bridge is well frd ---as hers is----- and you are 'slow steaming to weather' You are not dealing with a level and stable platform as I’m sure 99% of the people watching the video also see.

Please try again, good luck.

FYI: I posted the video for enjoyment.... not for debate. I couldn’t care any less whether or not the waves are 18, 19, 20 or 21 meters high, they’re still HUGE. No they are not huge , they are +/- 10 metres..IMHO.

My eyes ? they are fine - thank you for asking. You seem to have forgotten what my day job was........ Ooooh ... look !!! 20 metre seas!!!!!

[arsenelupiga]

Ship was in rough patch no doubt especially going against waves. But 20m wave was not on the video.

As mentioned before, I have gone thru similar conditions, but was reaching. It is rough and my wife hardly managed to prepare hot meals. Actually we relied on couple of cold packages.

[valhalla360]

The electronics display seems to counter the 20m sea argument...looks more like 11m by normal measure.

Saw that once (from shore) on Lake Michigan. Sitting maybe 20-30' up on a sand dune...watched as the 40' CG boat went out the channel and promptly started disappearing from view in the troughs. First chance they could they made a hard U-turn (I thought they were going to roll the boat) and shot back in the channel at full throttle. The forecast online said it was 30' seas.

[MoorOrLess]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

How in the world do they prepare meals and keep them down under those conditions?

It would take some time for those seas to abate. I would end up having to eat dry bread and water for days..... the galley and I are not friends in big seas.

The video is good to watch while having a coffee in a chair that isn’t moving.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by MoorOrLess

It would take some time for those seas to abate. I would end up having to eat dry bread and water for days..... the galley and I are not friends in big seas.

The video is good to watch while having a coffee in a chair that isn’t moving.

I'm glad you enjoyed it as I did; a few on here seem to be having some difficulty doing the same and just like to argue and poke fun.

I'm presently having my morning coffee in a chair that isn't moving. Cheers.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

My eyes ? they are fine - thank you for asking. You seem to have forgotten what my day job was........ Ooooh ... look !!! 20 metre seas!!!!!

Personally, I don't really care to know what your day job happens to be; I just thought I'd share a video that I enjoyed with the general membership here on CF.

Cheers.

Ken

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I suggest you get your eyes checked or put on your readers, then watch the video again with an open mind. I see the waves rising way above the bridge deck and obscuring the horizon several times during the short video, as I’m sure 99% of the people watching the video also see.

Please try again, good luck.

FYI: I posted the video for enjoyment.... not for debate. I couldn’t care any less whether or not the waves are 18, 19, 20 or 21 meters high, they’re still HUGE. IMHO.

Thats called going downhill..
The thing in dispute is not the video which folks can wow about in their armchairs.. rather the title.. 21 metre waves.. which I agree they are not.. hence my remark, the smaller the boat the smaller the waves seem..
Enjoy your Boxing Day leftover turkey etc..
Just finished my roasted goat marinaded in port wine..

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by B23iL23

Holy crap. Thems big waves!


here's the ship it was shot from https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...PIAN_CONTENDER

Here’s a photo of the ship.

[auruguay]

Originally Posted by IslandHopper

Argue away.....



https://www.facebook.com/bigwavemaster/

Another quite interesting data from the METAR message: wind of 59 kt!!!!!!

Would have any way (maybe a model) to correlate this with the wave height, in open, deep seas??

PS.: this is not mean to put more heat on the debate, thank you very much for sharing this video!!!!