By Bob Butchko Table of contents What is Lying Ahull The Boat The Crew The Weat - American Sailing

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By Bob Butchko Table of contents What is Lying Ahull The Boat The Crew The Weat

Posted by American Sailing on February 26, 2026 at 10:45 am

After losing steerage 75 miles off Cape Hatteras, Captain Bob Butchko and his crew were forced into this controversial heavy-weather tactic. Read his firsthand account in Lying Ahull Off Hatteras: A Night in the Graveyard of the Atlantic: https://americansailing.com/articles/a-steer-less-night/

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A Steer-less Night
A Steer-Less Night recounts a harrowing offshore passage as a Tayana 48 loses steering and lies ahull through a night of gale-force winds.

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