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How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?

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Created by Zzzzzz > 9 months ago, 23 Oct 2020
Zzzzzz
513 posts
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
QLD, 395 posts
23 Oct 2020 1:24PM
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Wow! Its like being inside a ball-mill.

lydia
1927 posts
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
NSW, 2466 posts
23 Oct 2020 5:31PM
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How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?

Forget to inspect the keel bolts ................

MorningBird
NSW, 2700 posts
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
QLD, 2647 posts
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
NSW, 387 posts
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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