Sinking

[14432]

FYI - An article in the Charleston SC newspaper indicated that the two who were rescued are from Mt. Pleasant, SC (Charleston area).

[teshannon]

Originally Posted by tommays

We have had 50 MPH winds twice in the last 10 days

Same in longport, just below Atlantic City. What made these winds a bit different was their duration.

[labatt]

I leave (weather permitting) to take my boat from the Long Island Sound to Annapolis on November 7th. Even though I'll have three experienced crew, one daysailor and myself on board, reading about situations like this makes me stress even more about the trip. We'll be running close to shore and taking the "inside" route from the sound through the East River, but mother nature can have a foul temper this time of year so we'll be monitoring weather and sea conditions very closely. In big seas and winds, entering Manasquan, Atlantic City or Cape May can be almost impossible. We'll see how it goes. Moving a boat is not worth your life.

[camaraderie]

You got that right Labatt. This time of year it is wise to keep a weather ear out and stay within a days run to a good inlet. Don't let time pressure you to go when your gut says no!
Here's more info about the rescue:

EPIRBS...DON'T mean instant rescue!!

[camaraderie]

HERE"S A MUCH MORE COMPLETE REPORT
WOW...check out the video!!

Life Floating By
see the 10/30 eintry

[sailingdog]

Cam—

Do you think the rogue wave that rolled FreeFall might be related to the tidal problems they had up in maine??? the dates and times look about right for that to be the case. On Tuesday, parts of Maine had seven tidal swings... in a very short period of time.

[bubb2]

They are out there, rogue waves. A goggle search brings up some interesting things.

Rogue Wave Hits Cruise Ship - LiveVideo.com

[teshannon]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

HERE"S A MUCH MORE COMPLETE REPORT
WOW...check out the video!!

Life Floating By
see the 10/30 eintry

That would have scared the hell out of me!

[camaraderie]

Dawg/Bubb...I don't know about the Maine stuff...want to read more on that. My initial reaction is that a tsunami type wave would have not even been noticed well out to sea and I can't sea storm driven waves doing the rapid rise and fall reported in Maine. I would thing the two are thus unrelated.
But I have read that a wave TWICE the size of prevailing conditions occurs once in every one thousand waves. So...if the waves are 30 feet with a period of 10 seconds, you will see a 60 foot wave once every 10,000 seconds...or about once every THREE HOURS...less if the period is shorter. Truly gigantic rogue waves are quite a bit rarer though more frequent than previously thought...but the idea of a 60 foot wave occurring once every 3 hours in a real storm at sea is pretty intimidating in and of itself.

[bubb2]

Cam, you are right a 60 footer is big enough for me and to think if you survive that one you might have another coming in 3 hours. Like I always have said, there is no such thing as atheist on a small boat in a big storm!!!!