On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:46:00 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

This tells me you never sailed a well designed sailing vessel.

Only about 20 or 30, lost count long ago but there have been Cals,
C&Cs, Swans, Baltics, J-Boats, Custom Frers and Ron Hollands among
others. Most of them were well designed but some better offshore
than others.

They are all different but dead down wind in big following seas is
rarely a stable ride.