Weather One Doesn't Want to Encounter at Sea

[avb3]

Originally Posted by zeehag

irene from space..

Sure it's not "shopped"?

Great pic!

[zeehag]

not shopped, stolen--is from NASA

[avb3]

Originally Posted by zeehag

not shopped, stolen--is from NASA

I know, I was just being flippant with my normal tongue in cheek comments. NASA provides some great shots from space.

[zeehag]

yeah--NASA makes it so i dont have to fly there meself..... broom broken...

[avb3]

Originally Posted by zeehag

yeah--NASA makes it so i dont have to fly there meself..... broom broken...

Think duct tape and 5200 would fix it?

[Matt sachs]

Thaought that was the view from your mast....

[Mark1977]

Originally Posted by avb3

Think duct tape and 5200 would fix it?

uhhh dahhhh that fixes everything..

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by Matt sachs

Thaought that was the view from your mast....

my mast is only 48 1/2 ft from keel to masthead--i would truly need the broom for htis one.....

might need to 'glass my broom....

[Connemara]

Dunno about those, but I got a package of about 20-odd pix emailed to me. Some were pretty clearly real and at least one was a (non-obvious) fake.

The image shows a powerboat that apparently has hit a piling and been split right down the middle, about 10 feet, or so. Reason I suspect Photoshop is that the Mythbusters (TV show) tried to duplicate the effect and couldn't do it.

Connemara

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by avb3

Hey, GordMay, it looked much more exciting the way I posted it ...

Indeed. Some of us read fantasy & some non-fiction, et al.

[S/V Alchemy]

Originally Posted by zeehag

my mast is only 48 1/2 ft from keel to masthead--i would truly need the broom for htis one.....

might need to 'glass my broom....

48 foot of mast on 41 foot of boat? Man, that's less mast height than my motorsailer!

How's your speed to windward?

[zeehag]

bricks, as with gentle men, never sail to weather(windward)

[rgscpat]

A pretty picture just wouldn't convey the horror of two or three weeks of no wind but some lumpy swell.

[S/V Alchemy]

I wonder what it was like sailing near this F3 tornado last weekend that came off Lake Huron to destroy the town of Goderich, Ontario?

Your last thought would be "gee, my deck looks clean!"

Storm at Rotary Cove Beach - YouTube

[markpierce]

This storm (with 50-foot-plus seas) in the North Atlantic caused a bowl of cereal and milk to fall into my lap as well as to fall to the floor on my back and badly sprain my left knee but much worse for some other passengers and crew. Nevertheless, it was interesting and not scary. That's the beauty of sailing in 1000-foot-long vessels.