"Capt. JG" wrote in message ...
"sherwindu" wrote in message ...


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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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Yep, don't leave the boat until the boat leaves you. I would feel safer in a multihull.

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SeeYaa Harbin Osteen KG6URO

When American Citizens with dual citizenship pledges allegiance
to the flag, to which flag do they pledge allegiance too?

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