* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 6/14/2007 3:09 PM:
Thanks. I had discounted tri's because of cabin size, but after
looking a little deeper now, the F24 is a possibility for the trips I
have in mind. This thing can sail as fast as a Mac can power, and
actually drafts less.

It can also turn turtle in a cat's meow. (pun intended). But, tris are a
little less likely to turn turtle than catamarans. Any sane person who
wants to sail a multi will go tri.

Wilbur Hubbard


You know even less about boats than Neal did.

Its pretty well known that tris are more prone to flipping than cats.
There are are number of reasons, but one major difference is that a
tri will fly a hull, which allows the wind to push up underneath. The
opposite hull (or ama) then is getting pushed under. Even though the
tri is wider than a cat, since only the center hull and one ama
actually provides buoyancy at one time, the the effective beam is
less. This situation can go critical when going over a wave, and the
windward ama lifts up, while the leeward one dips.

This is why the extreme racing tris sometimes have half the fleet
capsize in a race. The Corsairs have had their share of incidents,
but the vast majority have been during racing, there have been very
few incidents with boats setup for cruising.