For multihullfreaks😂

They were pretty cranky things back then. Then came James Wharram of course. And his bevvy of nekkid ladies. But remember that your new aquisition could have shown a frightening number of the monos a clean transom. Design as a whole has moved on a lot from 1968. Plus of course humans can no longer tolerate the kind of self inflicted hardship involved in living on boats of that era. Even the boys who’ve just put up a new Jules Verne record have better facilities than any 1968 racer. Probably better than 90% of cruisers.
 
Chiara’s slave said:
They were pretty cranky things back then. Then came James Wharram of course. And his bevvy of nekkid ladies. But remember that your new aquisition could have shown a frightening number of the monos a clean transom. Design as a whole has moved on a lot from 1968. Plus of course humans can no longer tolerate the kind of self inflicted hardship involved in living on boats of that era. Even the boys who’ve just put up a new Jules Verne record have better facilities than any 1968 racer. Probably better than 90% of cruisers.
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But something has been lost on the way?
 

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potentillaCO32 said:
Just pop up to live another day
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Except when they don’t. That is just as true/untrue as multis continually capsizing. It’s extremely rare, and almost always due to recklessly overplaying your hand. A good monohull, if capsized with the washboards in, will survive. But the boat will probably be written off due to water damage inside. And there is a pretty radical racer being pushed beyond the limits. Cruising multi capsizes are so rare that most people roll out a 30 year old example to illustrate their point. Just as many racing monos have capsized. Often due to keel failure, flooding, other mechanical issues. One of course famously at anchor. Is that relevant even to ocean cruisers? Of course not.
 
potentillaCO32 said:
Google-Ergebnis für https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2015/04/WEB_The-hull-of-the-upturned-trimaran-from-which-the-couple-were-rescued.jpg

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They look much better like that
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Posting that is like claiming Ford Focus's are dangerous because Ayrton Senna was killed in a car crash. Not all boats are the same. Neither are all sailors. Get over it and go sailing in the kind of boat you like.
 
potentillaCO32 said:
Huge apologies.

Here is one of a plethora of more representative ford focus like multis that floated jolly well the wrong way up.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news...t/news-story/388fc8919a6b36531c2181de777e733c
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I consider wingsuit flying rather risky, I have no desire to do it, but I don't go around decrying all those who do. Instead I am interested and fascinated in the exploits of the participants. So therefore your unassailable prejudice against a type of boat that I can safely assume you will never own, never sail, and probably never even step aboard, is mysterious. Sailing a high performance trimaran is like driving a high performance car. It's not for the 17 year old who has just gained a license. It's easy to go slowly, but to realize the available performance requires skill, patience, maturity, and above all, experience. There are more risks, the financial costs are high, but the rewards are great for those who seek them. If you, like many, have neither the desire, nor skill, nor finances to do it, that's fine. I find all boats interesting and would accept an invite for a sail on anything, even an old slow cramped wet one. I say again : for a happy life at sea go sailing on the kind of boat you like.

Indubitably you will return with more anti-multihull prejudice, and our respective positions are clear, so I'll leave you to it.
 
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