This is a link to the photographer site. Pix of a large Washington State ferry being pounded by the winds of Oct 18.
NW Dave, Box5 halfpint 23 and others in western WA should recognize this.
5er Bob you might have rode on this ferry to Whidby Island.

http://www.snowest.com/fusetalk/mess...&enterthread=y

 

that was a really fun day up here. those folks should have headed immediately to the first carwash and got that salt off.

 

I think cleaning the seats might have been more important than the salt

 

Yikes, and that is just in Puget Sound.

That brings back memories from when I was underway in the Bering Sea. I've seen the bow of our ship (a 378' cutter weighing ~3800 tons) go nose into some huge waves. The whole ship shudders when we hit. Rough riding sometimes, but it's a lot of fun.

 

Memories yeah. Labrador Sea, 70' waves in November on the drill ship JOIDES for Transocean.

 

I like how u can see the trees bending in the background. Other than the power going out, when it's really windy like that I love walking around in it, lol. I remember the wind that day, it's the type that makes u swerve into oncoming traffic, wait thats if ur driving a geo metro not a 1 ton. lol great pics though.