Ouch! I often leave the boat on the autopilot in those conditions with full sail up and everything cleated. I may well be below for a few of...
That is a very good question. In the UK the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Instution), which does the search and rescue around the UK coast line...
You don't need waves to capsize a light catamaran Just a bit of wind is enough on its own:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LFsyoUDDQ I...
I think in most kinds of boats (including cruising catamarans, cruising monohulls), in really really nasty weather (very confused and big seas,...
Never underestimate the med in winter. There has not yet been a winter where we have not had a storm with winds of over 100MPH inside my marina....
Sometimes by capsizing as in this sorry tale:- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7111417.ece This in the mediterranean on...
Thanks for that RHP. You are right - not quite the same shape. Thanks Tanton for the reference to Olivier F. van Meer - that is the kind of thing...
I checked vripack - they are not quite the same shape. The one RHP found is 60ft - I have not heard of a real Colin Archer design of more than...
Well I doubt it very much. All real Colin Archer designs were wood. 99% of what is tagged Colin Archer today has nothing to do with the guy.
http://www.yachts.nl/yacht-details-sail-18.026.html I find the yacht very attractive and would like to consider building one to a similiar...
