Forum

 
  Back to OzPolitic.com   Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register
  Forum Home Album HelpSearch Recent Rules LoginRegister  
 

Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
Rough Oceans (Read 1088 times)
Sprintcyclist
Gold Member
*****
Offline


OzPolitic

Posts: 39430
Gender: male
Rough Oceans
Dec 6th, 2017 at 9:01am
 

...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClipperRoute.png


Is the area south of Cape Town one of the rougher oceans?

Back to top
 

Modern Classic Right Wing
 
IP Logged
 
Prime Minister for Canyons
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 26906
Canberra
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #1 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 9:02am
 
Yes, the roaring forties and all that
Back to top
 

In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)
 
IP Logged
 
Sprintcyclist
Gold Member
*****
Offline


OzPolitic

Posts: 39430
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #2 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 9:02am
 
Back to top
 

Modern Classic Right Wing
 
IP Logged
 
Prime Minister for Canyons
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 26906
Canberra
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #3 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 9:04am
 
Yes thats Sydney
Back to top
 

In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)
 
IP Logged
 
Grappler Truth Teller Feller
Gold Member
*****
Offline


Australian Politics

Posts: 79545
Proud pre-1850's NO Voter
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #4 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 11:30am
 
From what I've read, a ship's Captain of the family's German name hit the West Coast of Tassie.... not sure if he was a direct relation, but might account for the clan in Malbun.  Building on the Far South Coast of NSW even was a nightmare with the winds....
Back to top
 

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
― John Adams
 
IP Logged
 
Jasin
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 45560
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #5 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 11:50am
 
Cape Horn is the roughest place to cross anywhere on Ocean-Earth. It's right in the Southern Ocean Gyre. Bass Straight, Cook straight and Cape Hope are pretty rough too. But not as rough as Cape Horn. Go even further south towards Antarctica and you will get consistently high 12m+ swells. Tongue
Back to top
 

AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
IP Logged
 
Lord Herbert
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 34441
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #6 - Dec 6th, 2017 at 12:37pm
 
I've crossed the oceans 5 times and seen some scary waves come surging towards us that you believe will capsize the ship.

Thank God for the Laws of Displacement.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Redmond Neck
Gold Member
*****
Offline


OzPolitic

Posts: 20606
ACT
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #7 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:38pm
 
Smooth as silk here today halfway between NZ and Sydney.

Maybe a bit wobbly though after beer oclock this evening!

Wink
Back to top
 

BAN ALL THESE ABO SITES RECOGNITIONS.

ALL AUSTRALIA IS FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS!
 
IP Logged
 
Lord Herbert
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 34441
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #8 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:52pm
 
Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:38pm:
Smooth as silk here today halfway between NZ and Sydney.

Maybe a bit wobbly though after beer oclock this evening!

Wink


Remember that poor bugger who set out to paddle from Sydney to NZ in a canoe some years back and he just disappeared, most likely tipped out into the drink by a Tiger shark, or Great White, or Mako, or Hammerhead, or maybe even a Bullshark.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Jasin
Gold Member
*****
Offline



Posts: 45560
Gender: male
Re: Rough Oceans
Reply #9 - Dec 7th, 2017 at 9:42pm
 
Lord Herbert wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:52pm:
Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 7th, 2017 at 1:38pm:
Smooth as silk here today halfway between NZ and Sydney.

Maybe a bit wobbly though after beer oclock this evening!

Wink


Remember that poor bugger who set out to paddle from Sydney to NZ in a canoe some years back and he just disappeared, most likely tipped out into the drink by a Tiger shark, or Great White, or Mako, or Hammerhead, or maybe even a Bullshark.


Yeah - there's a good doco on him. Left Tasmania to NZ and failed just 20kms off Milford Sound. His condition had deteriorated as to the state of his vessel and eventually it capsized and even though he radiod his situation, it was too late.

Not long after two lads in a bigger canoe made a mockery of his effort by leaving Sydney and entering Auckland. A much shorter and less turbulent path to take.

Yes - it's quite something to be in a little canoe out in the great wet void and have a 5m Great White suddenly leap up and breach beside you to take a seal that was using the canoe for (so called) safety.  Shocked
Back to top
 

AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print