"sherwindu" wrote in message
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One problem with catamarans is there are few warnings that they are about
to
capsize. You may notice one of the hulls lifting out of the water, but by
that
time,
it may be too late to correct anything. A monohull will heel
progressively,
giving you
a little more time to shorten sail, etc.

Sherwin D.

"Capt. JG" wrote:

"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Yeah, that's what they said about the Titanic.

"Capt. JG" wrote:

"sherwindu" wrote in message
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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.


Well, that's what actually didn't happen. The cat didn't sink did it? Or,
are the pictures faked?

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Yes, htis is true. Thus one must be vigilant about sailing in control at all
times and reducing sail sooner rather than later instead of relying on the
boat to correct your mistakes.

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