The Perfect Storm Author:Sebastian Junger October 1991, the 'perfect storm' was that rare event, a once-in-a-century gale of such immense power and ferocity that it was perfect - that is, it could not have been any worse. Hundred-foot waves and winds of 120 miles an hour transformed the ocean into a lethal maelstrom, the kind of nightmare sailors only witness once in a lifetime. Aboar... more »d the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail, skipper Billy Tyne and his crew find themselve sheading unwittingly towards its frenzied centre.« less