THERE MAY BE MORE THAN A DOZEN FORCES ACTING ABOUT THE VESSEL’S AXIS AT A GIVEN MOMENT, AND THE RESULTANT MAY NOT BE AS ANTICIPATED BUT DUE PARTIALLY TO A FORCE WHICH HAS ESCAPED DISCOVERY. THIS IS NOT ‘MYSTICISM’ AS MUCH AS LACK OF THE RESEARCH WHICH TAKES THE ART OF SHIPHANDLING INTO THE FINITE WORLD OF APPLIED SCIENCE.

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