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Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-11-2020, 19:10

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

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Posted By fxykty

Re: Catamaran Capsize.

Everything well said.

Regarding the insurance costs, I specifically asked my broker in NZ, who issues the vast majority of coastal and blue water policies in NZ for local and foreign boats. There...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-11-2020, 18:07

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

Views: 36,959

Posted By fxykty

Re: Catamaran Capsize.

The first link you provided talks about the microburst that picked up and flipped their boat (the Atlantic 57).

According to Hallucine’s crew’s direct account, he says he thinks they hit...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-11-2020, 16:51

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

Views: 36,959

Posted By fxykty

Re: Catamaran Capsize.

Have you ever had:
Direct hit by a microburst?
Direct hit of a large UFO while reaching fast?

If not, then how do you know how your boat would fare?

The Sydney-Hobart race regularly has boats...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

17-11-2020, 16:37

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

Views: 36,959

Posted By fxykty

Catamaran Capsize.

One link four years old and was caused by a microburst that actually picked the boat up. Very rare event and equally dangerous for monohulls...

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

11-07-2019, 16:06

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

Views: 36,959

Posted By fxykty

Re: Catamaran Capsize.

Mostly correct.

Leeward daggerboard down will resist sideways slide (say due to a breaking wave) and will act to trip the cat, sort of like what happens to a drifting/sliding car that hits a curb....

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

11-07-2019, 00:47

Replies: 124

Catamaran Capsize.

Views: 36,959

Posted By fxykty

Re: Catamaran Capsize.

There is a relatively expensive system called upside up https://myboatsgear.com/2017/01/12/upside-up-anticapsize/. Heel is not a good indication of load (think of inclination on the side of a swell -...

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