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Originally Posted by Sunroof
Many sailors who take on the challenge of circumnavigating the glode either in races or solo personal desires ususally takeon the "roaring forties" in the southern oceans. This is where we hear of de-mastings, lost sailors, etc. You can be the greatest skilled sailor with the best equipment but if your takingon the "roaring forties", you have to have a horse shoe up your butt as well..................
This is where the search for the Maylasian Airlines is focused. I can imagine the multitude of seasick sailors caoming that area right now.
THE ROARING FORTIES
The world’s largest hunt for a missing airliner has zeroed in on one of the most desolate corners of the planet, an area of ocean nearly two miles deep, swept by huge rolling swells and buffeted by strong winds known as the Roaring Forties,” begins a Post story on the extreme weather conditions in area some 1,500 miles southwest of Perth, Australia, where a satellite may have spotted debris.
The Roaring Forties refers to the belt of ripping westerly winds, aided by the Earth’s rotation, between roughly 40 and 50 degrees latitude in the southern hemisphere. Winds rage in this region as it sits in the transition zone between the more tranquil, balmy subtropics and frigid polar vortex zipping around the South Pole. Pressures and temperatures change rapidly here, driving the winds frequently over 30-40 mph, and give rise to storms.
Not the place you want to search for a missing aircraft.
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Excellent post. I passed through the area on the way to Africa on board an Aust Navy ship during the mid 80s.
Everyone got sick going through that area. Most of the ship smelt like vomit, piss and poo mixed together.
