Wake Wave Height

Kate,
Just in case you are still interested, more info:
http://canal.etsin.upm.es/publicaciones/sstt_junio2002_berenguer_iribarren_pavon_herreros_souto.pdf (In spanish)
http://canal.etsin.upm.es/publicaciones/sstt_mayo2001_herreros_souto.pdf (also in spanish)
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/newpi...oceedings_presentations/PassingShipsWkshp.pdf
http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?9900740 (Not free info)

 

as mentioned in the iwr.usace.army.mil pdf the wave height is strongly affected by depth-to-draft ratio.
on discovery yesterday i saw for the third time the investigation on the capsize of the herald of free enterprise 10.
a sistership crossed the nothsea before with the 3 meter above waterline bowdoors open.
it was not becouse she was loaded, it was the bowwave going only a knot faster in shallow water that made the bow wave come up meters and enter the cardeck