At the moment of this writing, I’m on a cruise ship in Alaska with about 1900 other passengers. For most of our voyage we sailed the Inside Passage which is protected, peaceful, and calm; almost lake-like. But last night, as we near the end of our adventure, we entered the Pacific. On top of that, a weather system was generating 10’ swells, causing our large ship to pitch and sway. Now, in the grand scheme of things 10’ seas is of little consequence to a vessel this large. We were nowhere close to sliding dishes and the water level in