Watching a ship sailing upside down

[happy daze john in oz]

It is indeed due to refraction of light and the illusion works in a similar pricipal of the mirage. Off to eat my hard boiled egg now.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Mickey.
You are not alone. When I was on the Trevose we left Adelaide and were sailing down the Gulf; a Russian ship had left before us, I was on the wheel when I saw this Russian ship turn upside down sail along like that for awhile then move sideways then upside down again, I called the Mate and we watched this ship do some wierd things so he called the skipper, who said he had witnessed this phenomenon before in the same area.
Obviously it was caused by the heat, a mirage similar to the ones people see in the destert.
Something I will always remember as part of my expieriences at sea.
cheers Des

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[E.Martin]

Have seen the same sort of thing when in the Baltic

[Tony Morcom]

Just another of those awesome natural phenomenons (is that a word?) that those of us that sailed the high seas were privileged to witness.

[mickeyJ]

Thanks for those pictures Doc.
I didn't think at the time that illusions could be
re-produced on camera otherwise I would have taken
a photo of it.

I feared my credibility might have taken a nose dive with
this story so I am grateful to Des, E. Martin and John
for their posts.

[Doc Vernon]

Gald that i could post them Micky,and noway would you credibility have suffered! LOL!
Yes as said strange visions do appear!
Cheers