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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

27-08-2020, 07:25

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37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

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Posted By MicHughV

Re: 37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

the wind force acts differently on different surfaces...

ie, a 5 mpg wind force on a 12" x12" flat plate is not the same on a curved plate of the same dimension..

wind can also be squeezed...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

27-08-2020, 05:13

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37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

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Posted By MicHughV

Re: 37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

there are formula's to calculate force as a component of velocity...but it is not as simple as that...there are many variables that can detract or add to the final answer...

at the end of the day,...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

26-08-2020, 18:36

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37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

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Posted By MicHughV

Re: 37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

people are too focused on the wind speed...

in simple terms:

the wind "force" goes up as the square of wind "speed", so an incremental increase in wind "speed" provides a substantial increase...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

26-08-2020, 17:36

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37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

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Posted By MicHughV

Re: 37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

someone asked me what is the difference between a Cat 4 and a Cat 5 hurricane.

I told him ...not much....falling off a 100' tall building and falling of a 120' tall building is going to get you...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

26-08-2020, 16:16

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37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

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Posted By MicHughV

Re: 37 ft Wave height Gulf of Mexico

I've heard that some of the area off shore oil rigs have reported 42' wave heights...

That would be hard to grasp.....I've seen 15-18' waves, and that was pretty impressive and very scary, but...

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