On 28 Aug 2006 18:33:56 +0200, (Martin Schöön)
wrote:

I met a guy who told me
that everyone who told me it was impossible to capsize monos
didn't know what they were talking about. He had hugged a keel
of a J-24 after a violent gybe. The J-24 stayed 180 untill helped
back on its feet.

There are any number of J-24s that have been capsized and sunk,
including several at one time in the same race. I once knew a guy who
had turtled one on Long Island Sound. It stayed afloat for a while
but eventually the cabin air escaped through the sink drain and it
sank.

Wayne.B writes:

had turtled one on Long Island Sound. It stayed afloat for a while
but eventually the cabin air escaped through the sink drain and it
sank.

I will point that out whenever people complain about the creature
comforts of my boat :-)

--
Martin Schöön "Problems worthy of attack
show their worth by hitting back."
Piet Hein