Maxprop wrote:
OzOne wrote
"Peter" scribbled thusly:

Had a close up look at the surviving fleet in 98. My objection to them
was & is the same. Structural integrity & seakindliness has been
sacrificed for speed. Fine provided nothing goes wrong, but when it
does, those yachts are dangerous.

Yep, but then again...there's no real point in racing an
undercanvasses overweight crab crusher.

Oddly enough the boat that sank with all hands but three (?) was closest to
that description of all the race boats in '98, IIRC.

Max

Good point Max. You must be talking about the
Winston Churhill. I can't remember what happened
to that boat. I think there was as structrual problem
with the boat that someone knew about but didn't
think was serious. They bailed out into two liferafts
and neither did very well in the rough seas. In some
situations a liferaft is nearly useless.