That is really good helmsmanship if you can hold that. Swings beyond that are common, and as the seas continue to build and we all get more tired, the wider swings occur more often. Now, it exerts the reverse force on the helmsman. As a big wave rushes under the transom, the tiller requires plenty of muscle to keep it from jerking out of your hands. So now Chris, despite good athletic and sailing ability, finds the tiller harder and harder to control.
Serenity yaws off and on course.
I don't know if we are really yawing any more than we have been. I am next in rotation, so I jump in. Looking depressed, Chris retires to the farthest reaches of the rear of the cockpit and avoids eye-contact with anyone. Now Ray is on my case to keep the boat on course. It is a battle.