The navigator© wrote:

I've already estimated the LPS for the micro. It's a trivial problem
from the published displacement and ballast and cross section.

No, you went on with a lot of blather and bwahaha. AFAIK you didn't make any sort of
estimate other than to hurl a lot of insults and yabble about RORO ships.

BTW there are two ballast configurations for the Micro. One is to let the deadwood void
fill with water, which IIRC is the figure you named. The other is to fill the same void
with cement which would result in the figure I named. So, perhaps you should revise
your "estimated LPOS" to exclude things like the lowest possible figure and assumptions
of dismasting.


If I post
an email to Bolger and friends and they confirm the veracity of my
estimate (which is 180 degrees) will you pay up?

No, that was not the terms of the bet. You have to demonstrate that at least one
existing crauising sailboat in the same size range (15' LOA and/or 850kg DISP) has a
higher LPOS.

HINT: Finding one with a lower capsize screen would be one way to start.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King