Since we actually live in the real world, not some test chamber, I believe the above statement has been made w/o including the effects of current on the action of the wind on moving water.ripples first start at 6, then those first white caps at ten, at fifteen white caps all around, at twenty it goes to all white caps.
Ian Toll in Six Frigates, talking about sailor's superstitions, remarked dryly that whistling for a wind "invariably worked, eventually".Three times in my career I have whistled for the wind in a dead calm, deep sea. Three times I have been granted a full gale or more (pre-satellite so in at least 1 case possibly a hurricane). Never again will I whistle for the wind, even jokingly!
In all three cases, it was within 12 hours, pretty immediate. Probably more the calm before the storm thing that superstition.Ian Toll in Six Frigates, talking about sailor's superstitions, remarked dryly that whistling for a wind "invariably worked, eventually".
I don’t understand. You lost me there.the calm after the storm: the rain brings down the cold air from aloft that then spreads out on the earth's surface. the gradient then go aloft till the cold air gets washed out. it creates a no wind barrier if if racing or cruising
I think what he’s saying is what goes down must come up.I don’t understand. You lost me there.
You ever do standup comedy??????(That was how I felt about my first wife’s cooking.)
Well that is small part...the rain brings down the cold air from aloft
If I stand up they take that as an opportunity to ask me to leave.You ever do standup comedy??????
high performance sailing by frank bethwaite. chapter 8, section 8.5, raining clouds. you implied you have read the book or at least have a copy. he does a more detailed explanation then i could do. interesting stuff i find.I don’t understand. You lost me there.