"Tom K" wrote in message
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> "number6" wrote in message
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>> On Feb 11, 4:44 pm, "MItch" wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> My first cruise and wondering if anyone has been /or heard of
>>> passengers
>>> being seasick.
>>>
>>
>> Some do ... I was on one cruise where hurricane gustav passed in front
>> of us ... 25 foot swells on a smaller boat no stabilizers ... 25 %
>> were seasick to some degree or another ... That was by far the
>> worst ... most others have virtually none that I saw ...
>>
>
> And remember... 25 foot swells means 25 up and therefore 25 down... so 50
> ft differential.
>
> --Tom
Tom,
Quoted from the site below,
"
Swell size is ........, measured from the highest point of a wave (peak) to
the lowest point (trough).
"
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Swell_%28ocean%29
--
Greg
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