2007-05-29 05:01:59 · 10 answers · asked by Treblacram 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
yes, 30 foot swells going over the top of a navy ship was scarry
2007-05-29 05:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by skcs11 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was terrified when my poor little cal 26 was nailed head on by a 30+ foot wave but me and boat both survived with a few bumps and bruises. As for mystified I was traveling through the Indian ocean when I came upon little rain clouds like you see in cartoons. Each one had a shower under it but no lightning. It seemed they were about a couple a hundred feet apart and went on like that for miles. Gave the boat a fresh water wash down and refilled the water tanks so it was useful.
2007-05-30 17:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 5 miles from Catalina Island, while single handing a 22' sailboat, I had an Orca come up my starboard side, turn and blow right in front of my bow, then dive under the boat. It continued to do this same pattern for over 20 minutes, non stop.
At the time I didn't know if it wanted to fight me or f*** me, but have been told later that it was just 'playing'.
2007-05-29 13:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by formersalt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been sailing all sorts of boats for 35 years. Scarriest times have always been in thunderstorms. I remember once looking around at my guests and wife and seeing all the ladies' long hair standing straight up in the air, from the static electricity of an impending lightning strike. Figured we were about to get fried. (Lots of bolts followed, but the mast was well-grounded and we never got hit)
2007-06-01 10:22:56 · answer #4 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 years in the Coast Guard doing search and rescue at sea in some of the nastiest water off Hatteras N.C will scare the crap out of just about anyone. Going to Cape Dissapointment was a treat also. Sailing through the ice in the artic on a 40 year old ice breaker didn't exactly put my mind at ease either. I could go on and on and on.....bottom line......we had to go out, but we didn't have to come back!
2007-05-31 02:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by coasty_14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid my dad an I were anchored up on the beach at white cross just south of Eureka California in his 40 foot salmon troller. We awoke just before daylight when the boat took a big roll to one side followed by another. We scrambled out on deck to a smelly mist of spray coming up from along side the boat. A blue whale was rubbing against the hull of the boat. There was nothing we could do but wait for him to leave. We learned later that they do this to clean the barnacles off themselves.
2007-05-29 23:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Dennis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delivering a J35 from new york to Maine at 3:00 am trying to keep my eyes on the compass and stay awake, I saw a commercial trawler with nets and spreader out and every light onboard turned on. In the middle of the day you would look at it and say hey theres a fishing boat. 30 miles of shore in the middle of the night it looks like aliens are about to blow you away with there lazer cannon or plasma death ray.
2007-05-30 23:21:51 · answer #7 · answered by JONO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sailing offshore about 20 miles ... nothing in sight ... we sighted a very large shark swimming at the surface about 50 yrds away directly toward the boat .... it dove beneath the boat came up on the other side and continued on in the same straight line ... very odd ..
2007-05-29 13:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by cat38skip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having spent a good portion of my life on commercial fishing boats here in Maine, I'm amazed at how the summer yachters keep from getting drowned every year.
2007-05-30 09:37:37 · answer #9 · answered by monasowner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of the "profound revelations" of being in the deep blue sea is how miniscule you are as a human being in the universe. it was a great feeling for me but i've been with many people that were terrified.
2007-05-29 13:44:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋