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Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2016, 21:42
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Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

Things certainly could have escalated from the level of concern that still leaves time to calmly call your brother just in case to let him know it's getting rough, to catastrophe, in a matter of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-06-2016, 08:46
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Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

If they had sails intact, they may have maintained control downwind for a while, but in a light boat the first time the boat got squirrely it would be instantly abeam in the trough. If they lost the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-06-2016, 20:14
Replies: 492
Views: 80,357
Posted By Custom30
Re: Father and his kids missing at sea

What this family encountered can't properly be called "seas".

The shallow nature of that area keeps all wave energy at the surface. The 6 foot "seas" under normal circumstances would be a square,...
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