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A rare picture of a breaking wave striking the 64ft ketch rigged Seaflower yacht taken from a Coast Guard Aircraft making a low pass. The yacht was knocked down but not capsized. No drogue was used. The crew of five was airlifted from the yacht. The Series Drogue design is based on such a wave. The picture is shown twice. A Tartan 37 was caught in the same hurricane and rode on a series Drogue for 14 hours. They had winds of 75 knots and waves of over 30ft The skipper reported that he had no problems and that he "did not feel threatened".