Heavy Seas

seafarer · 08-21-05, 11:39 AM

Sorry, haven't been here much lately,

but I was sent this url - http://tv-antenna.com/heavy-seas/

Amazing pics (check the gallerys, not just the front page)

I cannot image what seas like that would be like in a uBoat - I've been in 40ft seas in a 212ft ship, and that was scary enough. If anything, I think the sea-state in SHIII is conservative, especialy off Nova Scotia and NewFoundland.

Still playing SHIII, just not nearly as much as I'd like, but that's life.

Kpt. Lehmann · 08-21-05, 11:47 AM

WOW! Just checked out the pics.... amazing stuff.

Rgr being in U-Boat w/ heavy seas... you couldn't stay deep long enough to dodge some storms.

BTW there is a mod at terrapin's site for increasing the size of waves but it has a side effect of sinking other ships. In heavy seas, the water crashing on the deck of some ships is registered as "damage" causing ship to catch fire.

Sawdust · 08-21-05, 12:22 PM

I just remembered why I'll never get a job on a ship!

08-21-05, 01:17 PM

The sea can be very humbling.

John O · 08-21-05, 05:00 PM

Great pics on that URL!!!!!

Made me remember why I chose the Air Force rather than the Navy.

U-104 · 08-21-05, 05:09 PM

WOW!!!

Damo1977 · 08-21-05, 05:26 PM

Nice pictures thanks........the other day I was reading about those 'rogue' waves and they are saying that they are alot more common than what they thought previouslly. The European Space Agency picked up 10 waves above 26 metres with one satelite in a three weeks.

Malc · 08-21-05, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Damo1977

Nice pictures thanks........the other day I was reading about those 'rogue' waves and they are saying that they are alot more common than what they thought previouslly. The European Space Agency picked up 10 waves above 26 metres with one satelite in a three weeks.

Guys - be careful when clicking on the image in the above post. The site installs malware on your system. I've just done a scan of my system before this session and the PC was clean. Just re-scanned because of the popups (that the pop-up blocker failed to stop) and hey prestoe an data minder appears !

don1reed · 08-21-05, 06:30 PM

...takes off hat...
...bows head....

"O Lord, Your sea is so large and my ship is so small."

Damo1977 · 08-21-05, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Malc

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Originally Posted by Damo1977

Nice pictures thanks........the other day I was reading about those 'rogue' waves and they are saying that they are alot more common than what they thought previouslly. The European Space Agency picked up 10 waves above 26 metres with one satelite in a three weeks.

Guys - be careful when clicking on the image in the above post. The site installs malware on your system. I've just done a scan of my system before this session and the PC was clean. Just re-scanned because of the popups (that the pop-up blocker failed to stop) and hey prestoe an data minder appears !

serious!!!! oh no, sorry!!! ****e getting rid of it but I checked my computer yesterdayn I am not purposely doing it!!! Sorry peoples!!

Malc · 08-22-05, 04:41 AM

No problem, managed to remove it, but I suppose these "free" hosting sites have to get their income in some way.

SmokinTep · 08-22-05, 06:15 AM

When I was in the Navy on the USS Forrestal, we once hit a bad storm crossing the Atlantic. I remember waves coming over the flight deck.

Glock_17 · 08-22-05, 07:06 AM

Wasnt the Forrestal the first Super Carrier built? Anyways then the fightdeck would be about 60 ft above the waterline?

The Avon Lady · 08-22-05, 08:03 AM

I'm green in the face just from looking at these.

Where's the land, for cryin' out loud, where's the land?!?!?!

SmokinTep · 08-22-05, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Glock_17

Wasnt the Forrestal the first Super Carrier built? Anyways then the fightdeck would be about 60 ft above the waterline?

First angled deck carrier built. Those waves crashing over the flight deck were huge.

08-21-05, 11:39 AM	#1
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Heavy Seas Sorry, haven't been here much lately, but I was sent this url - http://tv-antenna.com/heavy-seas/ Amazing pics (check the gallerys, not just the front page) I cannot image what seas like that would be like in a uBoat - I've been in 40ft seas in a 212ft ship, and that was scary enough. If anything, I think the sea-state in SHIII is conservative, especialy off Nova Scotia and NewFoundland. Still playing SHIII, just not nearly as much as I'd like, but that's life.

08-21-05, 11:47 AM	#2
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,992 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	WOW! Just checked out the pics.... amazing stuff. Rgr being in U-Boat w/ heavy seas... you couldn't stay deep long enough to dodge some storms. BTW there is a mod at terrapin's site for increasing the size of waves but it has a side effect of sinking other ships. In heavy seas, the water crashing on the deck of some ships is registered as "damage" causing ship to catch fire. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

08-21-05, 12:22 PM	#3
Sawdust Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Quadrant DB22 Posts: 198 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just remembered why I'll never get a job on a ship! __________________ .-. --- ..- --. .... ... . .- ... .- .... . .- -..

08-21-05, 05:00 PM	#5
John O Gunner Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 99 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Great pics on that URL!!!!! Made me remember why I chose the Air Force rather than the Navy. __________________ John O There is No Finish Line, Keep Running!

08-21-05, 05:09 PM	#6
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	WOW!!! __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

08-21-05, 01:17 PM	#4
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	The sea can be very humbling.

08-21-05, 05:26 PM	#7
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice pictures thanks........the other day I was reading about those 'rogue' waves and they are saying that they are alot more common than what they thought previouslly. The European Space Agency picked up 10 waves above 26 metres with one satelite in a three weeks. __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-21-05, 06:30 PM	#9
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	...takes off hat... ...bows head.... "O Lord, Your sea is so large and my ship is so small."

08-22-05, 04:41 AM	#11
Malc Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hertfordshire UK Posts: 29 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No problem, managed to remove it, but I suppose these "free" hosting sites have to get their income in some way.

08-22-05, 06:15 AM	#12
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When I was in the Navy on the USS Forrestal, we once hit a bad storm crossing the Atlantic. I remember waves coming over the flight deck.

08-22-05, 07:06 AM	#13
Glock_17 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Wasnt the Forrestal the first Super Carrier built? Anyways then the fightdeck would be about 60 ft above the waterline?

08-22-05, 08:03 AM	#14
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm green in the face just from looking at these. Where's the land, for cryin' out loud, where's the land?!?!?! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974