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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Waves
From: R Hepler (roberthepler@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 10:03:16 EDT
I find it hard to believe that a film of bunker would damp significant
waves. I can see it damping smaller waves and keeping them from breaking,
but not really making them smaller. Of course, that is "gut feeling" not
science...
-Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: <dave@XXX.XXX>
> Going from memory there was a publication in the authoritive magazine
> Ocean Navigator several years ago which mentioned ongoing research
> from one of the Swedish Institutes. I believe this was the
> Gothenburg Institute. The theory put forward was that rogue waves
> are only returning to heights that they were at prior to the world
> wars. So much bunker was lost at sea during WWI and WWII that a film
> was measureable on the worlds oceans. 50 years hence this is
> starting to disipate and thus wave heights are no longer held down by
> the damping effect of the oil. Interesting theory. The largest
> wave, that is not produced by an earthquake, was recorded at 97 feet
> level with the conning tower on the QEII.
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