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From: SnJ - (no email)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 14:30:55 EDT
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> > 1) ...They have not documented even ONE capsize
> > during that entire time.
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>Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack. It is often difficult to get
>documentation from those lost at sea.
Apparently someone on the list was able to get Prout to admit that 2 boats
had rolled, both skippered by in-experienced cat sailors. That's news to me,
and differs from what I read on Prouts web site about 6 months ago...none
the less, I stand corrected. Two rolled in 10 million miles of sailing.
Here's another fact about catamarans. When properly built (like Prouts),
they contain multiple positive floatation chambers. They will literally
float for months if holed, or even if upside down. If you want to make the
assumption that perhaps dozens have been "lost at sea" and therefore draw
the erroneous conclusion that this represents "lack of evidence", feel free.
But do tell me what happened to the dozens of upside down catamarans that
must still be floating around out there? : )
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> > 2)... Now how many sailors do you know that sail in 65 knots of wind
> > without reefing, and without taking any other heavy weather
>precautions?
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>The survivors of the sinking of the Pride of Baltimore will attest to the
>fact that gale force winds can come suddenly upon an unprepared vessel.
>
Please tell me where in my post I said that weather never comes up suddenly,
and finds a vessel unprepared? I didn't, because it is simply not at all
relevant to the point that I made (which was ignored).
The point = Rolling a properly designed cruising cat (theoretically)
requires:
65 knots of wind on the beam
Full genoa (not reefed)
Full main (not reefed)
Both sails sheeted in tight as a drum.
That would be insanity. It doesn't matter if the wind sneaks up on you or
not. 65 knots is still 65 knots.
I submit that the above scenario would be very dangerous for any sailing
vessel, monohull or multihull. A prudent sailor deals with it...he/she
doesn't sit in the cockpit drinking tea when all hell breaks loose.
> > No matter what type, ... ALL (boats) represent a compromise. There is
>no
>perfect > boat. If there was, we'd all own them.
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>I fully agree.
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>
>Norm
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