Next message: Young, Derrick: "RE: [world-cruising] the danger of semi submerged containers"
On 6/5/06, Rosalie B. <> wrote:
>
>
> >Seems unlikely to me to be a container, as that location is relatively
> >protected and not a place where flotsam from trans-Pacific shipping would
> be
> >likely to be found.
> >
> We have often found currents where we would have sworn that there
> would be none, so I'm not convinced that you are correct about where a
> container would or would not be. Unless you are an oceanographer and
> have made a study of the subject.
I'm no oceanographer, but I can read and understand ocean current charts.
Anyone who cruises the oceans should have that skill and have the charts
aboard.
>Having struck a few saturated logs that seemed to live below the surface
> >with a ship I was on in the PNW, that seems somewhat more plausable to
> me.
>
> We have struck submerged logs many times. IMHO they aren't big enough
> to stop a boat like the one described (or ours). Unless they are
> sequoia or something,
But I have struck such logs. And they do have the mass to stop a 38-foot
fishing boat in its tracks. Typically, these logs escape from rafts that
contain hundreds of freshly cut trees. They're huge. And when they get
saturated with water, their weight increases dramatically. I assure you,
these are not the "logs" you've encountered.
You keep saying that you haven't seen any of these containers, but I'd
> be surprised if you or anyone else could see them - they are probably
> floating under the surface anywhere from a few inches to a few feet.
Nothing "floats" a few feet under the water. That's basic physics. If it
isn't on the top, it will be on the bottom.
--
Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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