SloopJohnB 322 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 By MIT https://youtu.be/xgALuj6WUbk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Great stuff. Need expensive camera gear on board and computer power. Who's gonna change the wikipedia article on episodic waves which is now seriously wrong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 The wikipedia article is wrong but well worth a read for its historical and technical info. eg there was sufficient evidence to conclude that 66-foot high waves can be experienced in the 25-year lifetime of oceangoing vessels, and that 98-foot high waves are less likely, but not out of the question. Seems that 2 or 3 mins warning which might be possible with the MIT algorithm might be enough to evacuate a ship crew into a survival pod which may need to withstand a hydrostatic pressure of 5,650 kN/m2 (576,100 kgf/m2 or 576.1 Mt/m2 (metric tonnes per square metre). Putting my safety hat on .... what does this mean for yachtie life raft design? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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