The stabilizer was sufficient to keep the gun within 1/8th of a degree, or 2 mils while crossing moderately rough terrain at 15 miles an hour.
Mr. Rawl acknowledged that dispersants are more effective in moderately rough waters than those that prevailed in Prince William Sound the day after the grounding.
Training her searchlight on the stranded minesweeper, she attempted to launch a whaleboat, but the moderately rough seas to windward of Discoverer forced her to abandon the attempt.
By October 5, winds were strong and the seas were moderately rough.
Gelling agents can be used in calm to moderately rough seas, since the mixing energy provided by waves increases the contact between the chemicals and the oil, resulting in greater solidification.
We lucked out with swells peaking at just 30-40 feet (moderately rough).
The twenty-inch-wide track provided excellent stability on moderately rough terrain.
The laddies who had questioned me earlier this year had been moderately rough . . . but the Imperial Police were reputed to burn out a victim's brain.
The last radio contact was 3 hours 27 minutes later, when the aircraft reported flying through layers of clouds and moderately rough air 565 miles from the Philippine coast.
Several miles out, the executive, who agreed to talk only if he was not identified, put the 1998 Hatteras through some tight turns in moderately rough seas.