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The article summarizes the key findings of an investigation into old bibliographical sources, aiming to determine how broaching-to was considered in the past; especially in terms of the magnitude of the problem and its perception in the older days. Several relevant citations have been identified: in voyager’s records, in nautical journals, in training manuals, in encyclopaedias and even in literary sources. The fear of broaching-to is referred-to in a famous old British poem, inspired by a real 18th century disaster.
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Spyrou, K.J. (2011). Perceptions of Broaching-To: Discovering The Past. In: Almeida Santos Neves, M., Belenky, V., de Kat, J., Spyrou, K., Umeda, N. (eds) Contemporary Ideas on Ship Stability and Capsizing in Waves. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 97. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1482-3_22
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