On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:41:52 GMT, Gary wrote:

sherwindu wrote:

Gary wrote:


Archaic thinking. Adlard Coles disproved the lying ahull theory years
ago. Multihulls have been crossing oceans for centuries.

Gaz


Yes, but do we have statistics on the multihulls that never made it
to their destination?


This discussion is stupid. Do we have stats on the monohulls? You bias
is showing and your argument is silly.

I would really like to see stats on cruising generally. One of the
things we see often in this group are (usually second or third hand)
tales of woe where somebody has lost their boat, or their lives. Then
there are the stories of people who manage to cruise off on major
passages with no experience on an unproven boat, and make it to their
destination by "blind luck".

People used to give me grief for being a father of young children and
riding a motorcycle. The best stats I could find at the time suggested
that riding a motorcycle was about 4 times as dangerous as driving a
car. And it sure was fun!

I would really like to be able to compare the hazards of cruising cat
or monohull to the hazards of daily commuting by car into a major
centre. I suspect that the answer would be that the difference in risk
is not enough to over-ride my personal preferences.

Ryk