Broaching: What Is It? How Does It Work? Types, Products
In The Maritime Engineering Reference Book, 2008. 8.15 Broaching. Broaching, or broaching-to, describes the loss of directional stability in waves, induced by a large yaw moment exceeding the course keeping ability of the rudders.Orbital motion of water particles in the wave can result in a zero flow past the rudders which become ineffective. This loss can cause the ship to turn …