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I wish they had shown more footage from before the incident.
Interesting dynamics though!
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EDIT: Sorry, I thought it was YouTube.

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A good example of running in seas/sea state that a vessel is not designed for!

 

Not an uncommon occurrence in the history of ocean racing powerboats. A case of where aerodynamic penetration is helpful, but hydrodynamic penetration isn't. How does it happen, well the boat flies through the air, re-enters tail first, on a down slope of a wave, and the boat rotates about that aft pivot point and dives into the back of the wave. It has killed a few people.

 

Ouch!

 

The slightly rockered bottom was alleged to help avoid such catastrophes.

 

Nope.
Good seamanship and understanding the limits of the design does that.

 

Of course racing is an activity that occurs at the margin of sensible and safe seamanship. I can see how the rockered bottom might help reduce the chances of "stuffing", by allowing the bow to rise more easily.

 

And the ocean wins again.

 

You also have the factor of boats made as light as possible to go faster, being more liable to break. A sort of vicious circle, go lighter to go faster, and the faster and lighter you go, the more likely to break.

 

I was going to click - like -... but for some reason this feature has disappeared!?

Anyway.. well said

 

The ocean always wins... it is insidious and relentless..

 

The problem with linking to facebook is, the content disappears. Just clicked the link and it is no longer there.
Sure they all can delete stuff, but I have seen that happen on FB more than anything else.
Maybe people should use Rumble, or Youmaker - Watch & Create your own videos. Share with your friends and the world. - Youmaker for videos and stop using these others.

 

Maybe it's up on YouTube ?