Originally Posted by
albatross
It would be very interesting to find out what kind of power they had to pull to save the day.
I‘ll open the bidding at at least 100% AEO. A poorly considered cross and flat approach to the lee side of a vessel needed that to check the descent. And that was low profile with a mere 30kt wind.
Once they moved away from the vessel, they probably went straight into a large downwind vortex. If the wx conditions were unpredictable, they were unlucky, then somewhat lucky.