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Wind strength and wave height alone aren't the only measure of 'survivability'... 
In Response To: HMS BOUNTY abandoned off Hatteras... ()
A mixture of short, breaking sea with 40 knot (with higher gusting) winds in that boat might have beyond their capablity. Anyway, it's bizarre that someone would have done that in that vessel!
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- HMS BOUNTY abandoned off Hatteras...
- In cases like this
- I was wondering what they were doing out there too
- One report I read say the Bounty sunk.
- Thanks, Dave... yeah, she's definitely sunk, and unfortunately...
- Here's a partial track of their voyage...
- Wind strength and wave height alone aren't the only measure of 'survivability'...
- In cases like this
