Forum Rules - Definition of a MAB & AWB

[dt4134]

Something that is often forgotten is that many state of the art cruiser racers of their time that are now MABs actually had lousy stability as the IOR penalised stability. Just remember all those boats with keels where the ballast was at the hull end of the keel rather than the bottom and required an army of folks sitting on the windward rail to try and keep them upright when going to wind with their distorted sailplans. Huge genoas and tiny mains, again prompted by rating rules plus the skinny back ends that made downwind work rather exciting.

Exactly. Even some quite conservative and well-respected designs from the IOR era, like the Sigmas, don't actually have a huge amount of stability.

 

[Fantasie 19]

I am so glad you posted that first, at least I am not alone.

Moi aussi!