On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:43:36 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

This link will take you to a photo of George C. Scotts's 80-foot
Ditmar Donaldson "trying this at home" back in 1979. Same location.
Wave height was estimated at 20 feet.

I've seen that before but it never fails to give me a chill. My
understanding is that the boat was severely damaged. That's certainly
easy to believe.