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[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

i'm guessing these pleasure super yachts are not hardcore sea fairing vessels that might not handle sudden extreme weather at all well. also might not be captained by people that would do all the right things in those weather conditions.

obviously i have no idea if any of that is true

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've seen a clip about that. Many hulls are styrofoam with fiberglass. It's cheap, looks good, but doesn't do well with collisions and bad weather. If that's the case here is to be determined.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Go to any marina and 90% of the boats there are „styrofoam” and fiberglass. In this size range core fiberglass is a tested technology with many advantages over steel or aluminum hulls (those sink too when abused)

You see the Titanic was made out of steel and it didn’t handle collisions very well. Boats aren’t usually designed to hit things.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Get a boat with a torpedo belt

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