I was kinda wondering about this shot. A buddy of mine e-mailed it to me today. At first glance I thought holy shit but I figured I'd I stick it on here and I might find out what the real deal is.

By the way my dad was in the Dutch merchant navy years ago and he's spun me some pretty good yarns about storms he's been in out on the oceans. The ship he was on was about three football fields long and one storm he said you couldn't see anywhere around you because the waves were so big. He pretty much thought he was a gonner. He said they normally travelled about 300 miles per day but for three days straight they went 20 miles back. I think the difference being though is that waves don't break out in the open water like they do on shore so they don't seem as big.