[Public-List] Incline tests and size of boat

[Gordon Laco]

Tom - how I envy you having met the Smeetons!

Gord




On 08/05/10 6:35 PM, "Tom Moffatt" <tmoffatt at xplornet.com> wrote:

> Just another quick note on stability problems. Size is not always the issue.
> 
> In the mid-1970s I met Miles Smeeton, who together with his wife Beryl,
> sailed their 46-foot double ender in the southern ocean (and everywhere
> else) in the 1950s and 1960s.
> 
> They were rolled and lost the mast headed for Cape Horn, and made it to
> Chile. Insured by Lloyds, they repaired, then tried it a second time. This
> time they were pitchpoled.
> 
> Miles apologized to the Lloyds agent, saying "I didn't think it would happen
> a second time."
> 
> Response of the Lloyds agent: "Neither did we."
> 
> The moral: ultimate waves can cause havoc. But a well-found Alberg 30 is
> high in stability - and may well survive an ultimate catastrophe better than
> a larger vessel. Especially with its narrow beam.
> 
> Tom Moffatt
> 
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