Yes, I'd spent many a day on the North Atlantic while in the US Navy myself. And in the Tin Cans that I served on, spent several of those days walking on the bulkheads from the heavy rolls.
However, this was down in the tropics. While it get's bad, it doesn't stay that way. Weather systems do move on and the waters tend to calm down, and fog.....well I've never seen fog that bad around the Canary Islands.........
Ah well, we'll just "weather it out" so to speak!
