rwoofer
Active member
In this months YM I read the story about surviving the hurricane in Grenada on the yacht Camille.
It was a very interesting read and sounded as if they had luck on the side not be be washed onto the rocks. What really caught my attention was that the author said that the chances of surviving a hurricane in open water were nill.
Why would this be the case? I would have thought waves were a bigger danger than the admittedly very high winds. Since hurricanes pass through an area quickly, surely the waves wouldn't have much chance to build to big and dangerous sizes.
Take the Grenada example, would boats in the water have fared better being in the open sea rather than at anchor?
What does the committee think?
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It was a very interesting read and sounded as if they had luck on the side not be be washed onto the rocks. What really caught my attention was that the author said that the chances of surviving a hurricane in open water were nill.
Why would this be the case? I would have thought waves were a bigger danger than the admittedly very high winds. Since hurricanes pass through an area quickly, surely the waves wouldn't have much chance to build to big and dangerous sizes.
Take the Grenada example, would boats in the water have fared better being in the open sea rather than at anchor?
What does the committee think?
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