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Old 06-01-2010, 06:30 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Acres per Second View Post
Now I have a question for a seasoned ocean sailor that relates to whips, wind, and wakes. (To simplify, leave off "spray" from the equation).

If that photographed wake was "normal wave action" from wind, what would you estimate the period and frequency to be? For reference, the dock is five-feet wide, and that is a wake from one boat.
As a seasoned Ocean Sailor I feel Must step foreward.

If that were my dock.... and that was Normal wave action and frequency......as I understand it.....Frequency being the time in Seconds ..from Crest to Crest....as the waves roll by...........

I would build a breakwater. NB
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