@riley@futurebird Rogue waves often rip pilots from the cockpit if they sneak up on you. Many ocean cruisers will tether in even in good conditions because of that. Larger boats can smooth out chop, but an ocean going sailboat is well ballasted. Everything in the Golden Globe is 50% ballast or close to it, and heavily built. Art of Hookie was one popular sailing blog... https://www.sailingreport.org/category/sailing-blog/art-of-hookie/ The Falmouth Cutter that traipsed around the world not even trying to avoid storms is 22'...