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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-06-2012, 01:20
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

Round the buoys? Even beer-can racers don't race "round the beer cans."
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-06-2012, 21:11
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

We should certainly be able to agree on that!

The dumbest time I ever went sailing was to decide a fleet championship. Our boat had won the spring series, with them taking second, and their boat...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 02-04-2012, 09:35
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

Yeah. Funny. I wrote that post, went down to Baja for a couple of weeks of sea kayaking, and the thread is still going when I return. Only difference is that now my lips are sunburnt, and I've...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-03-2012, 20:16
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

That's crazy. An Alberg 30 only has an LWL of 21'. It's capsize screening ratio comes out to 1.68, as opposed to the Beneteau's 2.01. US Sailing, which developed the capsize screening ratio...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2012, 12:34
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

I've done it in a sea kayak, but I'd be breaking the anti-obscenity rule were I to describe the maneuver as I did at the time.

It started with a reverse broach. Then, briefly, a tail-stand was...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-03-2012, 12:05
Replies: 266
Views: 82,211
Posted By Bash
Re: Capsize Ratio's

No. It's total horsefeathers. Brewster came up with the formula "tongue in cheek," by his own admission. An attempt to sell narrow boats.

People selling narrow boats will sometimes use the ratio...
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