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![]() Gordon wrote: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...GHUN14OU18.DTL Looks like they got caught in that big storm. Gordon The article referenced above had the following comment" "Double-hulled catamaran sailboats are fast and lightweight -- and harder to capsize than some single-hull sloops. " What they should have added is that single hull boats have one stable state, right side up. Even when they capsize, the heavy keel will bring it back upright. A catamaran, on the other hand, is stable in two configurations, upright and upside down. Once they flip, they almost never right themselves. Sherwin D. |
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