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Originally Posted by BandB
Wifey B: A few posts now on beam seas. One thing I've learned is that many trawlers and full displacement boats perform very poorly in such seas. This would definitely be an area type boat comes into play. As we have planing and semi-planing hulls, we're able to match speed to waves and also to go wider routes to hit beam seas at better angles and don't experience the same issues in beam seas of the height discussed. Plus we are stablized.
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Every boat has its pluses and minus’s.
The worst for me is beam seas when there is no wind to use the sails to stabilise the roll. Even at 45 degrees to the wind there is a lot of coffee spilled in those conditions. If there’s 10 or 20 knots of wind in the sails, no problem.
Going with the waves is a dream with a canoe stern. That’s when I really love being out in rough water. (As long as the waves aren’t breaking; that gets a little too stressful)