"Duncan McCormack" wrote
Wilbur Hubbard says...
So? What does that mean other than sometimes pure sailboats foundered.
That
most certainly does not belie the fact that motorboats also founder!

Whilst true on face value, if you check the percentages, you'll find
todays martitime foundering incidents *far* less prevalent than the days
of sailing vessels. So your suggestion is, essentially, false.




To be fair here, today's vessels have a tad more electronics for navigation,
weather and communication than those from 200+ years ago. Better
information & communication has led to better navigation and less wrecks.

What you see today though, is a lot more cargo being shipped by power than
could ever be done by sail.