Velux 5 Oceans - Most extreme storm since 2003 for Hatfield

11:14 AM Sat 8 Jan 2011 GMT

'Derek Hatfield’s Active House - Velux 5 Oceans' Ainhoa Sanchez

Hello from Active House The storm has started to subside slowly. The low pressure system that has developed is massive, probably almost 1000 miles acoss and is moving slowly to the south and east. Other than the huricanne that I encountered at Cape Horn in 2003, this is probably the most extreme storm that I have experienced. A few facts of my encounter this time, top wind gust: 54 kts; sustained wind of 40 kts for amost two days; estimated biggest wave: 15 meters (luckily not breaking at the top), top boat speed on a wave surf; 25.4 kts, amount ...

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by Derek Hatfield