Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
posted to rec.boats.cruising
|
|||
|
|||
Mayday off coast of Mexico-rescued from catamaran
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:14:03 GMT, (Mic) wrote:
http://cruisersforum.com/showthread....5&pagenumber=1 Mayday off coast of Mexico The following information about the need to be rescued from his catamaran has been retrieved from www.themultihull.com forum and has also caused a considerable discussion on www.ybw.com forums as well - principly on drogues/parachutes. http://www.ssca.org/sscabb/index.php...m=6&topic=2221 # Posted: 23 Dec 2005 10:27 I was recently made aware of an interesting and relevant statistic. The total number of fatalities, per year world wide, as a result of sailing (in any form) is identical to the total number of fatalities suffered by people playing golf. Paul # Posted: 23 Dec 2005 21:15 Paul, where did you get that stat? Smells of urban myth to me. Is it published anywhere? http://www.ssca.org/sscabb/index.php...m=6&topic=2221 78% of sailors give up before their boats 60% of boats abandoned are found in fine shape later 50% of wifes get divorced over a boat 13% of wifes making long passeges with husbands "fall overboard" -------------------------- http://www.radford-yacht.com/stablty1.html Introduction This outline on stability is based on "The Safety of Small Commercial Sailing Vessels" A Code of Practice, which emphasises the point of vanishing stability as THE MAJOR INDICATOR of a yachts ability to resist capsize. We are not attempting to address other issues relating to stability in this section. Boat stability links http://www.rya.org.uk/images/uploade...e_10_11_05.pdf http://www.rya.org.uk/images/uploade...lity_Intro.pdf Xantrex links http://www.xantrex.com/support/web/t...cldoc_type.asp http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/736/docserve.asp http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/475/docserve.asp http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/268/docserve.asp -from Bilge Water Review, Fool Hardy Publications |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
So where is...................... | General |