I have good friends in Aberdeen Scotland and they sailors who supply the rigs see some seriously big waves, often close to 80 feet in mid winter. Yet from May until Sept the north sea can be stunningly calm. It is deep, open and very exposed to winds and fast changing weather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar79VQSa6xQ

Not sure anybody would enjoy this for days at a time.

You know you are in big water when you watch these clips.....wow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axW2XUhrjbo

I want to know what was doing the filming?

The warship is a French Frigate leaving the French Coastline near Brittany. Bay of Biscay sees some seriously bad weather. I am guessing either a helicopter or something similar. Boat was undergoing sea trials so it is revealed. Us Floridians are spoiled in the Gulf, even in bad weather such as last July the waves are tiny in volume when compared to the Atlantic or Bay of Bengal off of the Indian continent.

Lake Michigan - Holland

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...vel-zoomed.jpg

I wonder how much stress is exerted on the legs of the platform. Not somewhere Id want to be during a storm

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This is the rig I worked construction on. Sits in 400' of water in the upper North Sea. It sits on a solid concrete column that was floated out to location. During the early days on-site after the ballast tanks were flooded and the central column pumped out you could climb down to the bottom of the North Sea and stand near the sea bed. When the field is played out it could be re-floated in theory.

http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5973

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985' from base to the top

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1jOnSQA2so We used to fly out in Chinooks back in the day. Worked two winters out there and never saw a day like this one.

Obviously you have never seen pictures of our raft off lol.

http://youtu.be/-yfPUm4A4Tc

Or jobbie nooner.

Great pic!