Thought this may be of some interest

[Nauti Fox]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=550821412212115

 

[scruff]

Ouch! That will be an expensive insurance claim!

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

SA says the mob got away with broken ribs.

 

[Kukri]

It could have been very very much worse if Svea had brought Topaz’s mast down.

 

[scottie]

So how much damage was averted with the long bow overhang?
can you imagine what damage a modern vertical bow would have caused in the sudden stop alone?