In case you have always wanted to follow the gyrations of a super typhoon, take a look at Padou near 22 N, 154 East. WInds 140 knots, gusts to 170. Moving north at 8 knots. Should deteriorate into an extra tropical storm when it gets into cold water. By that time it should be coming east towards the Pacific coast. The swell from this thing may do something for the US West coast. Eventually it should come ashore if it does not peter out completely. The weather right now off the Oregon and Washington coasts is nothing to enjoy while immersed in it. And may not be for at least a week. Yuk. I will be following the weather real close since I have 2 boats going south as soon as there is an opening. For which I will not hold my breath, as I might die of asphyxiation, instead of drowning. The latter being preferable for a real seaman. For a writer of prose the preferred method is traumatic shock induced by visual images, with captions. Capt. Mike Maurice Near Portland Oregon.

In my role as a controller on PacSeaNet we had a vessel leave Neah Bay yesterday for the Marquesas. The vessel INNOEY is being singlehanded. Situation was 25 knots and 10 feet last night. This guy is a circumnavigator name of Michael. If you want to see how bad it gets you can see the reports on: http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/ Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-trawler-world-list@samurai.com > [mailto:owner-trawler-world-list@samurai.com]On Behalf Of Michael > Maurice > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 10:38 AM > To: trawler-world-list@samurai.com > Subject: TWL: Big Weather in the Pacific > > I will be following the weather real close since I have 2 boats > going south > as soon as there is an opening. For which I will not hold my breath, as I > might die of asphyxiation, instead of drowning. The latter being > preferable > for a real seaman. For a writer of prose the preferred method is > traumatic > shock induced by visual images, with captions. > > > > > Capt. Mike Maurice > Near Portland Oregon. > >