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FW: Hills and dips on the oceans?
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Aug 18, 18:36 -0700
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Aug 18, 18:36 -0700
> -----Original Message----- > From: Royer, Doug > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 18:35 > To: 'navigation-l@listserve.webkahuna.com' > Subject: Hills and dips on the oceans? > > Hi guys,I made it back.I spent the last month at sea takeing a vessel > through the canal to Florida.An interesting trip that I will tell you > about sometime.Especially about the notice to mariners concerning piracy! > To answer David Hoyte's question of 08-14-03.No,No and No! I've never > heard of or was concerned with this phenominon that you guys have been > discussing.I've worked on the deck and bridge of some large vessels and > never heard of this.I've transitted the area of the Eastern Pacific off of > the South American coast and never had to take this phenomimon into > consideration.Same with the Western Pacific area and the Western > Atlantic.I've got 10's of thousands of miles on the water and always was > able to find the vessels way to or from places with out worrying about > this.There are more pressing things to worry about other than > gravitational dips. I'm not saying it doesn't exist.I'm saying it isn't > taken into consideration in my experiance.The routeing that I use is > called optimal routeing,weather routeing whichever you prefer to call > it.Get from point A to point B as fast as possible with the least > expenditure of money for the load one is carrying.One takes advantage of > or retreats from a weather system,ocean or tidal currents,heavy or light > weather to aid a transit.The only hills and dips I'm aware of are the > crests and troughs of 30-40 ft. waves in mid ocean.Don't kid yourself that > mid-ocean currents aren't strong.They surely must be taken into > consideration.The wind is a major concern in reguards to large vessel > routeing also.David,if you have specific questions concerning routeing > techniques contact me and I will try to answer them. > Bruce,how did your horizon experiment turn out? > > > > > > > > > >