Capt Neal says:

Poor fellow! The man lost his life primarily because
of poor design by the naval architect.

Except that he could have been standing on a cockpit seat, or the coachroof. I
would not design a boat 29ft long with a boom more than 6ft above the top of
the coachroof, and I would imagine you wouldn't buy it if it existed somewhere.
6ft above cockpit sole, with a couple of extra inches for the tall folks, is
about it for a boat that size, usually. Plenty of dinghies have booms that
long, and minimal "ducking room"

I'm not trying to excuse C&C here, if they need it, just pointing out that a
fragmented report can be taken awrong.

Steve
Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer
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