How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?

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Zzzzzz > 9 months ago, 23 Oct 2020

Zzzzzz

513 posts

23 Oct 2020 8:10am

An oldie but a goodie.
amazed at how much water got in.
www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/how-do-you-capsize-a-40ft-yacht-4733

Achernar

QLD

395 posts

23 Oct 2020 1:24pm

Wow! Its like being inside a ball-mill.

lydia

1927 posts

23 Oct 2020 12:05pm

Easy to capsize a 12m yacht, just take it into 12m waves for a while at night

Craig66

NSW

2466 posts

23 Oct 2020 5:31pm

How do you capsize a 40ft yacht?

Forget to inspect the keel bolts ................

MorningBird

NSW

2703 posts

24 Oct 2020 9:42am

I'll put more effort into securing covers if I ever go seriously offshore again.

shaggybaxter

QLD

2661 posts

24 Oct 2020 3:09pm

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lydia said..
Easy to capsize a 12m yacht, just take it into 12m waves for a while at night

Or go beam on with a breaking wave, and the danger zone for capsizing drops to 30% of hull length.

sydchris

NSW

387 posts

27 Oct 2020 11:31am

The yacht Supertramp - steel Spencer 40 IIRC - coming into Apollo Bay about 2001. Survived OK!

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