Rogue Wave

[GordMay]

Rogue waves, called 'extreme storm waves' by scientists, are those waves which are greater than twice the size of the significant wave height of the area. The significant wave height is the average of the highest one-third of waves, that occur over a given period.

[Rumrace]

I was surprised to find out boats are way tougher than I am. From the flybridge of a forty foot SeaRay I watched the boat submerge 4 hatches two long side windows the rear sliding door wide open.
The 395’s never missed a beat two bilge pump lights came on I turned on the third manual before I noticed the bow was out and taking on the rouges partner. Scared the crap out of us and the second wave would have been doom without the bow high and throttles to the wall.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

I don't think I would be sailing to South Georgia on a cat, what sort of a cat did he have?

Schrödinger's cat: a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor (e.g. Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that, after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition ends and reality resolves into one possibility or the other.

[Auklet]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

I don't think I would be sailing to South Georgia on a cat, what sort of a cat did he have?

The boat they sailed was a ship’s boat from the Endurance, a craft a bit longer than about 22, maybe 24, ft. It was open except that the ship’s carpenter constructed a small deck at the bow affording minimum shelter for one or two crew at a time; plus other for needs. Naturally, their course was down-wind and down-seas; probably sailing a broad reach. Their greatest concern was “passing” South Georgia Island, i.e. finding themselves down-wind of it.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Auklet

The boat they sailed was a ship’s boat from the Endurance, a craft a bit longer than about 22, maybe 24, ft. It was open except that the ship’s carpenter constructed a small deck at the bow affording minimum shelter for one or two crew at a time; plus other for needs. Naturally, their course was down-wind and down-seas; probably sailing a broad reach. Their greatest concern was “passing” South Georgia Island, i.e. finding themselves down-wind of it.

I was actually asking about what sort of cat Schrödinger went sailing in.

Are you saying that Shackleton went sailing in something like this vvvvv.? golly.
( thats Nao Victoria and Beagle in the background )

Humour seems to be thin on the ground these days.

[Auklet]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

I was actually asking about what sort of cat Schrödinger went sailing in.

Are you saying that Shackleton went sailing in something like this vvvvv.? golly.
( thats Nao Victoria and Beagle in the background )

Humour seems to be thin on the ground these days.

That looks about right from my memory. I don’t have the book here to consult.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

I was actually asking about what sort of cat Schrödinger went sailing in.

Are you saying that Shackleton went sailing in something like this vvvvv.? golly.
( thats Nao Victoria and Beagle in the background )

Humour seems to be thin on the ground these days.

El Ping... I reckon Rosie Swale could have stopped off there on her 30ft Bobcat but just didn't fancy it.. bit barren n all.

One helluva woman.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Swale-Pope

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Auklet

That looks about right from my memory. I don’t have the book here to consult.

It should look 'about right' as it is a faithful reproduction of James Caird in the 'maritime museum' at Punta Arenas.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...es_Region.html

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by boatman61

El Ping... I reckon Rosie Swale could have stopped off there on her 30ft Bobcat but just didn't fancy it.. bit barren n all.

One helluva woman.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Swale-Pope

That wikipedia entry seems to have been sanitised, it missed this bit of her life
https://www.digitaltransgenderarchiv...oads/fb494850b

I recall reading her 'Children of Cape Horn' many years ago.

[Auklet]

Originally Posted by El Pinguino

It should look 'about right' as it is a faithful reproduction of James Caird in the 'maritime museum' at Punta Arenas.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...es_Region.html

Ok; so now we’re good.

[GordMay]

Huge waves batter distant US Army station in South Pacific, forcing evacuations
➥ https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3863687

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by Auklet

Ok; so now we’re good.

The original James Caird is still in existence and belongs to a private boarding school in England. It was shown a few years ago at the London Boat show were I was fortunate to see it.

It's tiny and an astonishing feat of seamanship to find South Georgia in the middle of the South Atlantic.

Pete