How easy is it to roll a Contessa 32

But if you think of how much is showing above the water, compared to how much is below the water (especially if the rig survived) there's relatively little for a wave to catch and push the boat back over. Especially as the bottom of a boat is designed to offer the least possible resistance to water!
 
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Another point is that the AVS is, I beleive, calculated in a static flat sea environment. I presume that even with an AVS of say 110 the save type of wave that rolled you in the first place may roll you upright again?

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Should add, I have no desire to find out. Are you volunteering for real life testing?
 
Not me mate, been knocked down a couple of times by breaking waves on the beam and thats quite enough for me!
 
Jimi, I think everyone has missed the point here.

It would extremely hard to roll any boat. First of all you'd need a massive Rizla paper, or failing that stick several thousand smller ones together. Then of course you'd have the problem of heating the Contessa and crumbling it between your fingers into the paper and adding sufficient tobacco to make a decent smoke. This would take months if not years.

Lighting the blighter once you've finished rolling it would also present huge probems; imagine the size of the match you'd need...

Mark
 
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Lighting the blighter once you've finished rolling it would also present huge probems; imagine the size of the match you'd need...

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Biggest problem of all would be getting your teeth round it! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
You just roll it very long and end in a fine point. Pot addicts will know how to do this. Holding it while smoking would require quite long arms.
 
Oh no you're all wrong ...you see I quite fancy this 32yo aristocrat and just wondered what my chances of a quick shag were!
 
>What would you rather be sailing in survival conditions, a Contessa 32, or a 32 foot Jen/Ben/Bav?

A Mitshubishi Pajero. Very good for survival conditions. It if has to float, a modern nuclear powered submarine.

oh. I see I overlooked 'sailing' in your question. But I would never do THAT. You'd be nuts to.
 
A quick Shag

Here you are. Difficult to tell what speed it's capable of, but it looks a bit of a goer to me.

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The evidence from tank tests is supposed to show that a 3 metre breaking wave on the beam will roll almost anything under 40 ft (See Heavy Weather Sailing etc). Clearly the real issue is ability to self-right quickly after the knockdown, so everything is on the side of boats with a high AVS such as the Contessa and most long-keelers.
 
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Oh no you're all wrong ...you see I quite fancy this 32yo aristocrat and just wondered what my chances of a quick shag were!

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In your case about as much chance as you have of buying a packet of three from the Pope!
 
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Yes, but how many boats are recorded as remaining inverted (ignoring those who've lost their keels)?

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Loads. At least, for long enough to cause serious problems for the air breathing people crewing them. Which is after all the most important issue.
I refer you to the books "fastnet force 10" and "fatal storm" (about the 98 Sydney-Hobart.
 
Stable

AVS on Contessa 32 is miles better than just about everything else on the market, therefore unlikely to roll over in the first place.

Once over, is very unstable inverted, so rights again easily, unlike most modern designs that have good form stability when upside down, and therefore need a good shove to get them to start retuning to upright again.
 
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Thats wrong....

The Co32 does have a high AVS.... but that doesn't make it less likely to roll over... it makes it less likely to invert....

at an AVS of 160, or whatever the correct figure is, you are in big trouble already with flooding likely....

What is more important is the area under the curve that prevents a boat from reaching its AVS...

The Co32 is also very good in this respect....hence its deserved reputation
 
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Agree

The Wolfstonian Institute, Southampton University state that ANY boat will be rolled by a breaking wave 2/3 the waterline length of the boat.

As others have said its how unstable the boat is inverted due to Superstructure (lifeboats), Downflooding (openings) and the area under the curve between the AVS and 180 deg that causes it to self right.

Does anyone have an opinion whether keel steped masts break when the boat rolls and cause more damage to the coachroof than coachroof stepped masts?
 
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