The only boat that is, is a submarine.


Joe wrote:
Wrong
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You been paying attention at all? Did you read my post about
rescuing guys off an oil platform in the North Sea? That was
the time waves were ripping 2" welded fittings off the deck.





Hardly a racing vessel

Ya think?
I wonder what the PHRF rating is?

but designed to deal with 60-80 ftes in a
regular basis.
Hence the North Sea Stacks, armored glass, 4" thick bows
ect..ect.ect...


Stronger than a U.S. Navy vessel, probably.



Many boats ran back for cover and anchored.... not generally
considered a gung-ho racing tactic


Sounds like the smart ones. Nothing at all to be ashamed off. They did
not put the guys that have to go out and rescue people at risk.


A lot of boats were too far out into the Bass Strait to come
back and anchor. Probably would have if they could have.



In the condition described I would be bare pole and on a drouge on
RedCloud.


You must not be paying attention, or else your Boosprit
gland is being hyperactive.

These guys weren't dumb. These guys weren't ill-equipped. If
they would have been better off under drogue, they would
have been.

Get it thru your head Joe... the sea is powerful enough to
destroy any vessel. Storms have sunk U.S. Navy warships...
not often, thank goodness. But to think that you're
bulletproof and everybody else is a pussy is very stupid.


Did everyone ignore the weather forecast? You would think these boats
had the best in weather tracking devices the world has to offer.


Yeah, like the weather forecast is always 100% accurate.

DSK