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JimC

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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:01:03 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote:

"JimC" wrote in message
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In your opinion, of course.

As opposed to??

Since it was you, and not me. who introduced that weird assertion about
the Mac rolling over and over again like a washing machine, I'll let you
provide the "evidence" to support your assertion, Ganz. It's your baby.
All I ask is that you tend to your baby appropriately.

The Mac would be far more prone to this than a real sailboat with a real keel,

Clarification: Your opinion, not mine. Your opinion unsupported by any
evidence.

yet even those boats with all that counterweight opposing it, do this. The only
difference is that they have a greater likelyhood of self righting before you
drown. The mac would be slow to right itself, if it could even do so.

Again, your opinion. - Actually, the Mac26M becomes increasingly stiff
as it begins to heel. And in the unlikely event the it did begin to
roll, floatation built into the mast would supplement the two ballast
systems. (Oh, I forgot. According to Ganz, the boat would have been
dismasted by this time.) Again, your opinion, unsupported by anything.

Remember
that there is more than one wave out there. The forst one rolled you, and the
next 50 of them want to keep you from coming back up.

Thanks for that helpful bit of information Salty.

Jim