Are waves the right height?

[nelson]

Originally Posted by Etienne

By my calculation, 15 m/s is about 30 knots. That's... Let me get a book... Force 7? Wow, the weather this winter was ****tier than I realised.

Anyway, according to Bowditch, the maximum theoretical height of a wave at force 7 is 20 fts. To get 90% of the wave at that height, you'd have to have that near gale going on for 21 hours in an area of unlimited fetch. To get that (90% of wave at 20 fts), you'd need at least 150 nm of fetch, and that's for an unlimited period of blowing. How high's the conning tower on a VIIB?

You're also supposed to get "Sea heaps up and white foam blown in streaks along the direction of the wind". But again, an accurate wave simulator would use more system ressource than all of SHIII.

Clever bugger!! Seriously I guess you're right, be nice though