Killer Waves

[727Sky]

I once thought after retirement I would sail around the world and I had many great adventures sailing the gulf of Mexico before retirement.

Well, water spouts, sharks, and big storms made me decide it is better to fly than be at the mercy of the ocean if I want to go someplace. I did like to sail in stormy/windy conditions as I like the wind filling my sails as I liked stuff like that. I never sailed the Atlantic or the Pacific and maybe that is why I am still alive today ?? hahahah  I do have friends who spent a lifetime on big ships sailing the world so you gotta be at the right place at the right time to get Poseidon's revenge ... A 40 foot sail boat against something like these waves will produce fish food out of your butt, IMO !!

[Snarl]

Biggest Wave Ever Ridden

“On January 28, 1998, Ken rode the biggest wave ever ridden in history, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii at an outer reef known as Outside Log Cabins. This wave was considered to be in excess of 85 feet. That same day he also rode another 20 waves between 40 and 65 feet to make this the largest day ever ridden. Ken’s dream has always been the same, to be one of the best big wave riders, and possibly the best big wave surfer in the history of the world. It looks like his dream may have come true.”

I was there.

The 60 footers rock the zone and sound like 155 rounds going off.  Wave after wave after wave.  No idea how people can live up there under those conditions.

[ABNARTY]

One of my favorite things about rouge waves is they were thought to be drunken sailors tales. Physically impossible. Science said they did not exist. 

Then?

Satellite data shows them popping up all over the oceans all the time. And magically they are now possible.

But the poor drunken sailors? Do they get a "we're sorry" from all the nay sayers? Nope. 

Poor drunken sailors. What are we gonna' do with them?

[727Sky]

So called "Pseudoscience" is a theory without supporting data and there have been people burned at the stake for speaking the truth without sufficient data. That did not make their theory wrong..... just a lack of proof by data.....  to me it is surprising how many so called pseudoscience claims have been proven correct....usually after the old guard has died away.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

I sailed on those gigantic waves and went through a CAT4 hurricane, twice. Largest recorded wave we hit was ~45 feet. Course, that was on a Navy warship and felt like being stuffed in a barrel and kicked down the road for 12 hours. However, once we entered the eye of the storm it was awe inspiring. The sea turned to a pond, sunny, blue sky. Going through the backend of the storm was absolute hell and thought for sure we were going to capsize. Literally could walk on the bulkheads. We even did an unrep (refueling at sea) during a fierce storm with the occasional rogue wave nailing us. We had to tie ourselves to the ship's railing.
Constant Negative G's & being slammed to the deck really do a number on you. We bent a prop including the shaft and spent 2 months in drydock hell.

I surfed the waves on the north shore of Oahu, but NEVER in the winter. Did once and nearly drowned, would have drowned for sure if it wasn't for a cute surfer girl who saved my ass.

[Snarl]

Constant Negative G's

I surfed the waves on the north shore of Oahu, but NEVER in the winter.

Did some limited North Shore diving (of course, not in the Winter).  The lava tubes are like nowhere else you can find.  Very dangerous pressure/surge conditions ... something I can't describe with words ... but, like those Negative Gs you mention.  The fish in that area are all sorts of weird the way they behave.  Only other place on the island I saw weird fish behavior was off Electric Beach (where the vent tube pumps out all that warm water).

Those damned North Shore waves were impressive enough from the shore, were they not?

Now ... tell us some of those Drunken Sailor stories .. for @"ABNARTY"'s entertainment.