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Re:Extreme 'Rogue Wave' in the North Pacific Confirmed as Mo... by Kon-Peki on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:15PM (#34359663)
All those years of racing, including being in multiple collisions, taught me that it is surprisingly difficult to sink a boat. As long as you can maintain hull and deck integrity, you need a LOT of water inflow in a very short amount of time to eliminate buoyancy.

We were never a good team, but I came away from it with far more confidence being on the water than I started :)

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Re:Extreme 'Rogue Wave' in the North Pacific Confirmed as Mo... by jeffrallen on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:01PM (#34363475)
"Always step up into the lifeboat."

This is advice, hard won, by mariners who abandoned their ship, were lost at sea in their lifeboat, and left behind them a ghost boat that eventually makes its way to shore.

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