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Old 04-20-2012, 06:02 PM   #21 (permalink)
Capt J
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Originally Posted by K1W1 View Post
So do you have access to otherwise unknown knowledge about the causes of the loss or what?



A lot depends where the waves come from compared to the vessels direction. A following sea will not cause the slamming that a head sea will.
Obviously, the 10-12' seas in the Searay WERE a head sea..... and it faired extremely well actually......We were able to maintain 12-13 knots
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