erice 732 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12048176 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,245 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Kind of happy if I never see a wave that big! About 14 is my personal record so far... Here is the HMS otago in waves up to 16m... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Yea nah.Mind you, it is not so much the height, but the shape and crest. Not that I have ever been in 14m, nor do I ever want to. You can keep that record for yourself IT.When we got caught in the big seas off Wellington/Karori, the waves were at about 5-6m with the odd one ( about every 5th) really standing up, really steep with breaking crests and we were falling off the backs of them. I don't ever want to do that again. But at least it was for a short time of only a couple of hrs. Not in a storm and having to endure big seas and wind for hrs and even days on end. I feel I have got too old for that kind of stuff now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,592 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Biggest wave I have seen caused a sunset at 10 am Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I did the Melbourne to Hobart via the West Coast some years ago. The first 24 hours was on the nose with 55knts for far too long. The boat was 55 foot of cruising boat, slow and heavy but after the first night we were about 500m abeam of Bagatelle, a 40 foot cat with an air draft of 60 foot. Depending on the timing with the waves we lost sight of them completely. 12 hours later we had no wind or waves and a local fisherman was offering us fresh crayfish... We declined as we didn't have a pot big enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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