Sorry to hear about the loss of your boat and glad you weren't hurt. That's good you were compensated to your satisfaction.
Yes, I first heard of the suction effect you describe in an old National Geographic article about training ship captains at a simulator. It is due to the Bernoulli Principle and occurs between a ship and a channel side or between two ships. I found this link that discusses it:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zehsDH ... &ct=result
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I bought a typhoon this weekend. It is a big change from the CD 30 K but it will at least keep me sailing until I find larger CD.