"Jeff" wrote in message
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You are such a jackass, Wilbur. The pictures in no way resembles a
Lagoon 38, or any other cruising cat. The article specifically said
that "one of its crossbeams was loose." First of all, virtually no
cruising cat has more than the one crossbeam, its normally placed in
the bow to support the forestay. If it failed, the rig would promptly
come down, but that would release most of the forces on the hull.

Secondly, the pictures aren't of any Lagoon. In fact, the shape of
the hull is pretty clearly of a racing style cat. A racing boat, with
two independent hulls connected by several crossbeams, could have this
type of failure. But not a Lagoon or almost any other modern cruising
cat. There are ways they could fail, but splitting in half is not one
of them.

Also, the size was stated as 46 feet; very few cats have appendages
longer than a couple of feet. In particular, the Lagoon 38 davits
keep the dinghy tucked well inside the sterns, and it doesn't have bow
rollers.

Further, it was said to be worth "tens of thousands of pounds" which
is not close to the $280,000 price of the Lagoon. Plus it wasn't
insured, meaning that it was older, of marginal value, and possibly
couldn't pass a survey.

Once again, you've made a fool of yourself, demonstrating that you
have little, if any, knowledge of boats.



Seems to me you are the one who is fond of the COLREG rule that says
something about acting on scanty information being daft???

So why are you making assumptions and acting on scanty information in
this instance? Could it be because you're prejudiced and refuse to
believe catamarans are dangerous to go offshore in because you have one?
Refuse to believe they do break and do end up upside-down and do end up
washed up on beaches with the loss of all hands?

The story told about three grown men taking a two-week cruise. I doubt
three men are going to go on a two-week cruise on some glorified Hobie
Cat with two cross-beams and a hammock in between. Lose your bias and
smell the roses. It was a cruising cat and it fell apart. Believe it!

Wilbur Hubbard