The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative: A new approach to travel between the islands

Post by mock-possum » Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 9:29 AM UTC

jaystraw wrote: post #116

mock-possum wrote: post #94

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Isn’t the deal with rogue waves that they’re rogue ? They’re not just big waves that slowly and predictably approach you from the horizon, then continue on their way past you in the opposite direction - they arise suddenly, unpredictably, without warning. One minute everything is smooth sailing, peaks and troughs of a few feet, and then suddenly the sea drops out from under you and now you’re in a 30 foot trough, or…

iirc, a rogue wave is 2x the local max. 2x or greater, yes, but 10x...i'm unaware of recorded examples.

2x minimum - but yeah fair enough 10x is an over exaggeration.

Post by hawaiianbrah » Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 3:54 AM UTC

taylorfinley wrote: post #41

hawaiianbrah wrote: post #22

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I thought the problem with the ferry was not doing the underwater environmental review

The GP's post tracks with my recollection from the time. On the return leg of one of the very first trips to Maui three pickup trucks were found with beds full of lava rock, allegedly collected without permission or permits. This was the inciting incident that seemed to confirm the neighbor islands' residents fears that the Superferry would lead to plundering of cultural resources en masse (not to mention making exis…

That’s maybe true but the reason it shut down is the lack of an environmental survey: https://www.kitv.com/news/business/state-removing-last-remna...

> The Hawaii Superferry started service in 2007 but only lasted until 2009 after the state Supreme Court ruled that a law allowing it to operate without a second complete environmental study was unconstitutional.

A lot of the outer island folks loved it. I did. I lived on Maui at the time.

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