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A wall of water approaches the Stolt Surf in Oct. 1977 Photo: Karsten Petersen, www.global-mariner.com

A Mariner’s Guide to Waves

By On January 29, 2012

The following article provided by the marine weather blog Ocean Weather Services blog and written by Fred Pickhardt, a professional marine meteorologist and owner of Ocean Weather Services.  Ocean Weather [...]

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Rogue Wave Kills Two Aboard Tanker In Mid-Atlantic

By On January 3, 2011

The captain and chief engineer of an oil tanker en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Houston, Texas, were killed Thursday when a big wave raked the ship northeast of Bermuda, [...]

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Coast Guard Officer Relieved In Montauk

By On October 26, 2009

Newsday.com has the story on why this photograph is making headlines. The Montauk docks were abuzz with disbelief and disappointment Saturday over the removal of their top Coast Guard officer, [...]

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Cruise Ship In Storm – Cruise Ship Balmoral Hits Rough Seas – Incident Photos

By On January 27, 2009

For the full list of gCaptain’s incident photos, CLICK HERE For most, the notion of a bad time on a luxurious vacation aboard a cruise ship would be eating some [...]

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ships in heavy weather – at sea photo slideshow

By On November 29, 2008

We found this interesting YouTube video of ships battling heavy seas and rogue waves. These photos have been provided by SplashVision.com. Here at gCaptain.com we would love to see your [...]

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Coast Guard Morro Bay – Surfboat Training

By On April 30, 2008

The following happen so close to gCaptain Headquarters here in Morro Bay California that our CEO called from his ship to make sure the building was secure and relatives were [...]

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M/V Explorer Found

By On February 2, 2008

BitterEnd reports that the Royal Navy Ice patrol ship HMS ENDURANCE, which amongst other tasks is carrying survey work in the Antarctic on behalf of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office [...]

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Shedding light on rogue waves

By On December 16, 2007

Physics World points us to an article from the most respected journal in science; Nature. They tell us; Every so often mariners report the sighting of a huge wave towering [...]

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Incident Photo of the Week – Norwegian Dream

By On October 21, 2007

Photo of the Norwegian Dream after encoutering a sucession of 25+ foot waves in 2005 colliding with the ‘Ever Decent’ while transiting the the English Channel in 1999. The report:

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The Deadliest Catch – Rogue Wave Edition

By On June 4, 2007

Some Rogue Wave Footage from “The Deadliest Catch” Here is another unfortunate but interesting video on fishing in heavy seas: More Links: Wikipedia: Rogue Waves

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