06-22-2008, 02:46 AM
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Originally posted by Jared I
You really don't get how big the ocean is until you are in a C130 over the top of it.
Certainly does give a different view...try being in a small (35'beam x 160' stern-to-bow x 12' draft) ship going across the Pacific -- 10 knots (~<10mph), 10'-40' seas, winds @ over 40mph, for 20-something days, dark water and salt spray everywhere. Puts the whole size and scale thing into perspective... nice.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park