Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small
yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable.
Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing
off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer.
The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered
but the breakers atop those huge waves. Those breakers
tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found.
One must always keep the washboard in and battened
down.
Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight
into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they
fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would
have a smoother ride and might even be able to make
some headway.
CN
"Maxprop" wrote in message nk.net...
"Capt. NealŪ" wrote in message
Cool series of pics.
Cut the Mustard has sailed in conditions like that
many a time and has had less difficult a time than
those ships.
Small yachts under sail ride like a duck up and down
those waves and don't get pounded like those ships.
. . . and the occupants of those small yachts get tossed about their cabins
like socks in a clothes dryer.
Max
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