Brent Swain
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+1, mast weight of course being the reason people pay a hefty premium for carbon. Moreover, Brent's stability claim would not pass any recognised test as masts are often ripped off during B2 capsizes when AVS becomes relevant. Coupled with Brent's defective loading calcs, the inherent risk of these boats is becoming apparent to all.
As many have long suspected, Brent's vessels increasingly appear to be dangerous, non-certificated DIY bodges. Sad really, for humans are generally a cooperative bunch and he might have fared better if he'd listened and cooperated, as opposed to single-handedly trying to rubbish the entire boat building and naval architecture industries!
I feel much safer in a design which has covered over 350,000 miles of open ocean without a single serious structural failure of any kind ,one which has survived 16 days pounding in big surf on a Baja beach , being pulled of thru 12 ft surf , pounding across 300 yards of Fijian coral reef , blowing ashore in a hurricane in the Mozambique channel , a single season passage thru the NW passage , than boats which have repeatedly broke up quickly in similar conditions, or far lighter conditions. If God, Jesus, Mohamed, Allah and Buda, all said the latter are stronger ,and safer, and deserve approval , more than the former, it would remain just as big a pile of crap.
Anyone who "certifies" wooden boats as "safe", but not boats which have the track record of steel boats, is absolutely full of crap, not worth their pay, and definitely not worth taking seriously. They are definitely out of touch with reality.
Definition;
"Elephant"
A mouse designed by engineers
If you want to see first hand, the difference weight makes, take a fat guy sailing in the average cruising 35 footer, in a 20 knot wind. Then drop him off ,and sail some more . You wont notice the difference, contrary to theory.
Reality often contradicts theory. Yes the numbers do lie. Try it .
The numbers definitely do lie, when they say sailing a quarter knot faster, while taking a year longer to pay for it, while the guy who went cheapo, gets a year head start ,will get the faster guy there sooner ,at a quarter knot more boat speed .
For the average cruising boat , carbon like a lot of go fast gear, is a suckers game. That is why they advocate it, to empty cruisers' pockets, into their own.
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