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Jeff, another catamaran capsize and breakup at sea
"Jeff" wrote in message ... * Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 8/3/2007 7:31 PM: Rescue required. When are they gonna do something about dangerous, unseaworthy catamarans? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6930023.stm Wilbur Hubbard An old boat, with known structural problems has a complete structural failure in rough weather and yet doesn't sink and all three elderly sailors are rescued without injury. How many monohulls could break in half, or even sustain a small puncture, without sinking? I've been trying to find more info on this incident. It certainly wasn't a normal cruising cat, since the two hulls are usually molded as one, and breaking in half isn't possible without major trauma. It was probably a racing cat converted to cruising, or a old homemade boat. Not! http://www.2hulls.com/usedcatamaran-2007/Tantara.html Read it and weep. I bet it doesn't make you feel very safe on your PDQ which is sort of a cheapo version of the Lagoon 38. Wilbur Hubbard |
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