Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with their
heavy keels.

Sherwin D.

Gordon wrote:

Basically, the 25' sailboat was knocked down in stiff winds. Three men,
one woman aboard. Two of the men went overboard without life jackets. One of
the men was in the water about an hour before they got him out. Coastguard
helo to hospital. DOA
Boat righted itself.
Gordon
BTW, I'm guessing water was somewhat under 50 F at this time of year.

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http://www.king5.com/localnews/stori....4aa9b54f.html

Sailboat knockdown near Seattle
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"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their
heavy keels.

Sherwin D.

Gordon wrote:

Basically, the 25' sailboat was knocked down in stiff winds. Three men,
one woman aboard. Two of the men went overboard without life jackets. One
of
the men was in the water about an hour before they got him out.
Coastguard
helo to hospital. DOA
Boat righted itself.
Gordon
BTW, I'm guessing water was somewhat under 50 F at this time of year.

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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http://www.king5.com/localnews/stori....4aa9b54f.html

Sailboat knockdown near Seattle
G
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Ask not for whom the terrorist bell tolls; it tolls for thee, and
thee,
and
thee--for decent, innocent people everywhere.

Why don't you paraphrase the story... you have to register to read the
page.

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This was a knockdown not a capsize or a sinking. Or, were you trying to make
some other point?

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"sherwindu" wrote in message
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Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their
heavy keels.

Sherwin D.

Gordon wrote:

Basically, the 25' sailboat was knocked down in stiff winds.


This was a knockdown not a capsize or a sinking. Or, were you trying to
make some other point?

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I, also, am at a loss as to the point. Irony aside- sadly, a man dies out
sailing on a mono, and this somehow shows how monos are inherently safe.

Pretty disturbed thought processes- I believe the term is "knight's move
thinking".

Peter HK

sherwindu wrote in
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Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their heavy keels.

Sherwin D.



Er, ah, take off the catamaran glasses and read the article, again. The
boat SELF RIGHTED after they fell overboard....as the bilge pumps cleaned
out the mess above that heavy ol' keel.

Of course, he could have been upside down in a cat, gasping for air I
suppose.

He died of hypothermia, not monohullitis. If he'd not been thrown
overboard, he would have been below putting on dry clothes.

My comment was in reply to another thread about the stability of multihulls,
where
several people said monohulls will quickly fill with water and sink when
knocked
down or capsized. Just trying to make a point that this does not happen in
most
cases. I am actually trying to defend monohulls by pointing out that this
boat survived the knockdown, but unfortunately the man fell overboard.

Larry wrote:

sherwindu wrote in
:

Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their heavy keels.

Sherwin D.



Er, ah, take off the catamaran glasses and read the article, again. The
boat SELF RIGHTED after they fell overboard....as the bilge pumps cleaned
out the mess above that heavy ol' keel.

Of course, he could have been upside down in a cat, gasping for air I
suppose.

He died of hypothermia, not monohullitis. If he'd not been thrown
overboard, he would have been below putting on dry clothes.

While reading rec.boats.cruising, I noticed sherwindu
felt compelled to write:

My comment was in reply to another thread about the stability of multihulls,
where
several people said monohulls will quickly fill with water and sink when
knocked
down or capsized. Just trying to make a point that this does not happen in
most
cases. I am actually trying to defend monohulls by pointing out that this
boat survived the knockdown, but unfortunately the man fell overboard.

Read the thread again, nobody said anything of the sort. Your point in
that thread ws that multihulls can't self-right, the point was made
that that is a multihull weakness, and a situation best avoided. The
monohull weakness is a propensity to sinking once hull integrity is
comprimised.

Incidentally, defending the mono by citing an example where a guy
drowned is close to a perfect foot-shot, imo. Almost as smart as
advising a novice sailor to seek out a vessel with a fractional rig.

Ian

While reading rec.boats.cruising, I noticed Larry
felt compelled to write:

sherwindu wrote in
:

Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their heavy keels.

Sherwin D.



Er, ah, take off the catamaran glasses and read the article, again. The
boat SELF RIGHTED after they fell overboard....as the bilge pumps cleaned
out the mess above that heavy ol' keel.

Of course, he could have been upside down in a cat, gasping for air I
suppose.

He died of hypothermia, not monohullitis. If he'd not been thrown
overboard, he would have been below putting on dry clothes.

Heh, Sherwin, the great defender of all things multihull?

You obviously missed that thread.