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Lexam · 28-02-2011, 23:13

Hey all, I was looking around and I couldn't seem to find anything about the Antares 44 flipping or sinking etc. I saw few things on the old PDQ 32 but never the 44.

I am safe to assume that there has not been a major failure like this? That right there would be amazing.

JJB · 28-02-2011, 23:59

I've never heard of an Antares going over, when a cat does go over it's rarely something to do with the design of the cat, usually when something does happen it's to do with mishandling by the skipper.
I have heard of it happening but I'm yet to meet someone it's actually happened to.

mdsilvers · 01-03-2011, 11:41

I have never heard of the 44 or 42 flipping. Possible as JJB indicated but unlikely if sailed conservatively.

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**Southern Star** · 01-03-2011, 12:31

Nor have I; having said that, I wouldn't consider it amazing at all. It is a well designed cat with a relatively conservative rig that would tend to appeal to more conservative sailors. The reality is that VERY FEW cruising cats over 40 feet capsize - even ones that carry more sail and less displacement, or ones with higher CG's and higher CE's for the sailplan.

Brad

Lexam · 19-04-2011, 06:37

LOL Sorry guys. I didn't mean amazing as in "amazing luck" just that it's that more of an amazing boat to me.

thinwater · 19-04-2011, 06:59

Even on the PDQ 32s it took idiots. One went out on a maiden voyage into a predicted strong gale and managed it badly, and the other was chartered and on autopilot with noone on deck.

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El_Guero · 04-12-2012, 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinwater

Even on the PDQ 32s it took idiots. One went out on a maiden voyage into a predicted strong gale and managed it badly, and the other was chartered and on autopilot with noone on deck.

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I enjoyed your blog.

If a 35 footer is minimum for offshore sailing, then what should I consider normal?

Wayne

TedC · 23-01-2013, 12:44

I have been involved with the Antares project since inception in 1999 and can assure everyone that no vessel in the 42/44 fleet has capsized, sunk, or lost a mast. All are accounted for, wherever they are around the world.

Ted