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How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?
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Zzzzzz
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Zzzzzz
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23 Oct 2020 8:10am
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An oldie but a goodie.
amazed at how much water got in.
www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/how-do-you-capsize-a-40ft-yacht-4733
Achernar
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Achernar
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23 Oct 2020 1:24pm
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Wow! Its like being inside a ball-mill.
lydia
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lydia
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23 Oct 2020 12:05pm
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Easy to capsize a 12m yacht, just take it into 12m waves for a while at night
Craig66
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Craig66
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23 Oct 2020 5:31pm
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How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?
Forget to inspect the keel bolts ................
MorningBird
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MorningBird
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24 Oct 2020 9:42am
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I'll put more effort into securing covers if I ever go seriously offshore again.
shaggybaxter
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shaggybaxter
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24 Oct 2020 3:09pm
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lydia said..
Easy to capsize a 12m yacht, just take it into 12m waves for a while at night
Or go beam on with a breaking wave, and the danger zone for capsizing drops to 30% of hull length.
sydchris
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sydchris
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27 Oct 2020 11:31am
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The yacht Supertramp - steel Spencer 40 IIRC - coming into Apollo Bay about 2001. Survived OK!
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