"Donal" wrote in message
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That's not the point. The point is that the boats is capable of rolling
over if
misued. This is an extremely unusual property for a 26 foot sailboat.

Rubbish, Jeff!

Many boats are capable of rolling over if they are misused. In fact, I'm
lucky that I haven't dipped my masthead in the water yet.

There are many "tippy" 26 foot boats. They need to be handled correctly.
If we were to hold the manufacturer responsible for every capsize, then we
would consign most high performance monohulls to history.


Rubbish, Donal??? Name me one 26 foot sailboat, other than a water ballast boat
with an empty tank, that will easily roll over under power, with no wind or
seas. Sure, its fairly easy to broach many boats under sail, etc, but that's
not the situation we're talking about. Under power it usually takes a lack of
ballast, and too much power, and that is an unusual property of the Mac.