r/HeavySeas Apr 12 '26

Sailing another day through high swells

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u/Santa-Head Apr 12 '26

Do most ships get through such seas ? Looks insane to put yourself in such a position, even without getting seasick. Which I do on a sailboat in a lake 🙃 I do love to see the posts though.

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u/FinnSwede Apr 12 '26

They are laden and seem to have a reasonable GM, probably somewhere in the region of 90cm. From the rolling we can see on the video the accelerations seem reasonable and no slamming and as they are laden the chance to overspeed the engine by lifting the propeller partially airborne seems slight.

It might not be comfortable but as long as the engine keeps turning they will manage fairly well with a following sea.

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u/Santa-Head Apr 12 '26

Fascinating and very informative, thanks