Jonathan Ganz wrote:

Multihulls don't sink from a capsizing. On the other hand, monos will
sink if enough water gets below. It's disingenuous to claim that I
said monos always sink when they capsize. How many multis have you
heard than have sunk? Perhaps far fewer than monos. Either that or
you're not in touch with the real world.

Not taking sides in the multi vs mono debate
although I do own two mono's at the moment.

I did read a while back about a ~45' Cat that was
abandoned due to structural failure during a storm
in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm thinking that this
type of structural failure is probably far more
common than outright sinking for multihulls, but I
could be wrong about that.

A friend was one of three crew on a ~60' Cat on a
passage from Belize to Florida several years back.
They hit a storm in the gulf and suffered enough
damage that the insurance company totaled it.
They made it into port, but the boat was toast.
The skipper was a professional who had sailed the
same boat all over the world for more than ten
years with many Atlantic crossings etc. I had a
hard time understanding what kind of damage you
could suffer that would cause an insurance company
to total a $1.5 million boat. He said that among
other things, the mast was punched through the top
of the salon, and the "structure" of the boat was
damaged beyond economical repair.

It doesn't do much good to have two hulls which
float if they are no longer attached to each other

Don W.