I thought the most interesting part was the discussion of multihull
rigs designed to fail at loads lower than the righting moment - to
prevent a capsize. His point was that being upright and dismasted was
preferable to being turned turtle with an intact rig.

rhys wrote:
That was quite educational. I don't pretend to understand it all, but
I think I got the gist.

Interesting that even for non-race boats, new materials and approaches
mean we are still learning a lot about how to refine rigging.

R.