"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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That's not the point. The point is that the boats is capable of
rolling
over if
misued. This is an extremely unusual property for a 26 foot sailboat.

Rubbish, Jeff!

Many boats are capable of rolling over if they are misused. In fact,
I'm
lucky that I haven't dipped my masthead in the water yet.

There are many "tippy" 26 foot boats. They need to be handled
correctly.
If we were to hold the manufacturer responsible for every capsize, then
we
would consign most high performance monohulls to history.


Rubbish, Donal??? Name me one 26 foot sailboat, other than a water
ballast boat
with an empty tank, that will easily roll over under power, with no wind
or
seas. Sure, its fairly easy to broach many boats under sail, etc,

That's what I was thinking of.


but that's
not the situation we're talking about. Under power it usually takes a
lack of
ballast, and too much power, and that is an unusual property of the Mac.

Not if you follow the instructions.

You learn about your boat's handling characteristics through experience.

All boats are different. It is up to the owner to know what his boat is
capable of.

If we take your point of view to its logical conclusion, then it would
become illegal to manufacture any of the high performance sailing boats.
Most of them will capsize if they are not handled correctly.

The end result of your approach is that we would only be able to sail long
keeled boats that had positive floatation. Can't you see that the world
would be a miserable place if boats were regulated to such an extent?



Regards

Donal
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