"Gary" wrote in message news1ccf.442767$1i.383930@pd7tw2no...
| Capt. Neal® wrote:
| "Steve Thomas" wrote in message ...
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| | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4416828.stm
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| | 2 capsized and 1 dismasted in trans Atlantic race.
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| | Steve Thomas
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| There's your proof, Jeff Morris, that multihulls are inherently
| unstable. Ask yourself, in the same race, how many monohulls
| capsized.
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| CN
| Not unstable, they have great initial stability, thats why they are so
| fast. But they also have great initial stability upside down. They do
| lousy angles of vanishing stabilty.


Jeff's always whining, "Gimme proof, gimme proof" every time
I mention how multihulls are more stable upside-down than rightside-
up but every time I give him the proof he tries to wiggle around like
the proverbial worm on the hood and obfuscate by saying idiotic
things like "Them's were trimarans not catamarans, as if a catamaran
wasn't a multihull.

The man just refuses to believe a multihull - although it has some virtues -
in inherently unseaworthy and all it takes is to look at the pictures of what
happens to them in a little ole gale of about fifty knots to see how unsafe
they are when the elements get a bit rowdy.

I've even heard tell of multihulls on mooring turning turtle during a good
blow and that NEVER happens to ballasted monohulls.

CN