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Default Cat capsize off oregon coast

Yeah, that's what they said about the Titanic.

"Capt. JG" wrote:

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Gordon wrote:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...GHUN14OU18.DTL

Looks like they got caught in that big storm.
Gordon


The article referenced above had the following comment"

"Double-hulled catamaran sailboats are fast and lightweight -- and harder
to
capsize than some single-hull sloops. "

What they should have added is that single hull boats have one stable
state,
right side
up. Even when they capsize, the heavy keel will bring it back upright. A
catamaran,
on the other hand, is stable in two configurations, upright and upside
down.
Once
they flip, they almost never right themselves.

Sherwin D.



Yeah, possibly on the bottom. Whereas the catamaran won't sink.

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