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Old April 30th 05, 01:48 PM
Dylan Smith
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In article et,
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
The lights of the city should be visible.


If it was dead calm, yes - but when your eyes are perhaps 4 inches above
the water in the trough of a 3-foot wave, and perhaps a couple of inches
below the water at the crest of the 3 foot wave, and the city lights are
6 miles away, there's a good chance you'll never even see them.

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