Group;

An Overturned Catamaran washed ashore with no sign of the Crew. They
found a sheet of paper with instruction on how to operate the
"Liferaft" No one could have survived that storm in a life raft.

Also, there are 3 mountain climbers missing on Mt Hood from back East.
It looks like all hope is gone for them. I hope not but it doesn't look
good. The weather has been to bad for the rescue crews to do their job.

Thom Stewart wrote:
Group;

An Overturned Catamaran washed ashore with no sign of the Crew. They
found a sheet of paper with instruction on how to operate the
"Liferaft" No one could have survived that storm in a life raft.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/art...14OU18.DTL&o=0

check out the only way to get out of an upside cat on the beach.

Joe



Also, there are 3 mountain climbers missing on Mt Hood from back East.
It looks like all hope is gone for them. I hope not but it doesn't look
good. The weather has been to bad for the rescue crews to do their job.

"Joe" wrote

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/art...14OU18.DTL&o=0

check out the only way to get out of an upside cat on the beach.


Death traps. That's what catamarans and trimarans are. People who sail them always say they're
safe and there's no record of people dying in them. Lies. Lies and denial. Lies, denial and stupidity.
Trimarans and catamarans are happier upside-down than right-side up. That's a fact. They should
outlaw these boats. Make it a law you have to have a ballasted monohull with a double hull with positive
flotation foam in between. Make them so they can't sink and the ballast keeps them right-side up. Or pops
them back right-side up again if they get knocked over.
Those poor people on that upside down catamaran. They didn't have a clue. But, they shouldn't have
had to pay with their lives.

Cheers,
Ellen

"Joe" wrote
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From the story:
"Double-hulled catamaran sailboats are fast and lightweight -- and harder to capsize than some single-hull sloops."
See what I said in my other post. LIES. Lies that cause death.....

Cheers,
Ellen

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Joe" wrote
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From the story:
"Double-hulled catamaran sailboats are fast and lightweight -- and harder to capsize than some single-hull sloops."
See what I said in my other post. LIES. Lies that cause death.....

Cheers,
Ellen

More.....and I have to agree with the statement. It's so loosely
worded.
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Searchers also found locked inside a cupboard a floatable radio beacon
that, if it had sprung free, would have automatically broadcast an
emergency signal to allow searchers to locate it. There were no signs
of a life raft or of cold-water survival suits.

"We don't know if that means there were no extra suits, or that the
crew took the ones they had, or if they had any,'' Eggert said Friday.

Anyone who has information about the crew and how it planned to sail to
Seattle is asked to call the Coast Guard at (800) 982-8813.

Double-hulled catamaran sailboats are fast and lightweight -- and
harder to capsize than some single-hull sloops.
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Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
ps.com...

Thom Stewart wrote:
Group;

An Overturned Catamaran washed ashore with no sign of the Crew. They
found a sheet of paper with instruction on how to operate the
"Liferaft" No one could have survived that storm in a life raft.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/art...14OU18.DTL&o=0

check out the only way to get out of an upside cat on the beach.

Joe



Also, there are 3 mountain climbers missing on Mt Hood from back East.
It looks like all hope is gone for them. I hope not but it doesn't look
good. The weather has been to bad for the rescue crews to do their job.



The modern cats I've sailed have escape hatches on the inside (facing
hulls).

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"j" ganz @@
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