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Originally Posted by Ships-R-Us
Ships in the true sence have no problem facing much more than 60ft waves 30 degrees off the bow. Hell, my 30 ft. Pearson sloop laughs at waves to 50'.
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Hrm... If I saw a 50' wave regardless of what 'sloop' I was in I sure as hell wouldent be laughing.
After spending literarlly thousands of hours on sailboats in the atlantic I've seen my share of foul weather and usually its not a laughing matter. Oh and Ive never seen waves of much more than 20 foot.
In case your wondering I used to be sort of a 'hired gun' for sailboat racing in the Florida region as tactician and navigator. Alll kinds of boats all kinds of sizes. From day sailors to 60' cats.
I'm guessing what caused this incident was either a rouge wave or tsunami generated in deep water made its way into shallow environs and 'crested' and the ship got caught in the trough.