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Extreme Waves
mind off the situation, she played solitaire while the boat basically sailed itself through rough and confused seas. Forty-eight hours later—her boat still afloat—the storm finally let up.12
Tania was fortunate that her small boat survived this onslaught of waves from every direction. The next chapter shows that even the mightiest ships are not immune to the danger of waves so large that they are best called extreme waves.
