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At 04:16 PM 2/16/00 EST, SolarFry@aol.com wrote:
>BTW/PS: Capsize ratio? smashetiooww! I guess your numbers proved they are
>hokey numbers... Don't they sail singlehanded around the world in Ultra
Light
>Displacement boats with all sails up in 30 Knot winds!
Anyone see the recent Dateline show about the French woman sailor who
capsized between Australia and South America a couple of years ago? Dang
can't remember her name or the race.
Judy, what does 'recover' from a capsize imply for anything larger than a
dingy? How realistic is this?
I've read quite a few books on shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. There have
been several instances of large (300-400 foot) freighters going over in
storms. The Edmunds Fitzgerald supposedly buried her bow into a wave and
never came up. Scary.
Just curiousities that have no relation to Potter behavior at all. So
don't freak out!
-Scott
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