Terry Spragg wrote:
Evan Gatehouse wrote:

duink wrote:

I thought the most interesting part was the discussion of multihull
rigs designed to fail at loads lower than the righting moment - to
prevent a capsize. His point was that being upright and dismasted was
preferable to being turned turtle with an intact rig.


What if it could be demonstrated that it falls over without real harm,
able to rise again if the sacraficial links are replaced?

Wharram Cats have a better system - the stitching in the sails is
calibrated to fail at forces below the blow-down point. The mast stays
up but the sail shreds. When the evil weather abates you just haul up a
replacement sail.