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FKT may recall, there was a guy with a big steel ketch on an older discussion forum.... USENET practically pre-internet, it was back when you had to use a bicycle pump to blow post-it notes thru pipes... and it sank in a storm from exactly that cause... steering linkage broke, rudder started...

Very well put, thank you FB- Doug

Hey jump right in the pool, here Just having fun, the boundaries of where theory meets practice are a good place to lighten up IMHO Me neither. But that's what a heavy mast or rigging is doing, increasing roll inertia. Obviously it's not a simple case of "more is better." Part of the...

High inertia in roll. Easy to do, hoist something heavy up your mast. FB- Doug

Yes, threads like this are what make this place such a hugely valuable resource. FB- Doug

Shucks, Lightoller got shipwrecked 3 times before he even made 2nd Officer All Newby's books are worth reading IMHO FB- Doug

I'd argue that it given modern weather forecasting, it's considerably less dangerous.... but the basic hazards of vessel type/configuration cannot be overcome when you roll snake eyes, which is occasionally going to happen. I sailed aboard a couple of replicas, it always strikes me as so much...

Sincere condolences. Sounds like you all did a good job with what was possible, to keep spirits up and to feel close. It's a good thing to live so that you ahve no regerets FB- Doug

Agreed, but books are both a good pastime and repository for all that data... some of it out dated sure, but how expensive and time-consuming would it be to learn it all over again? The sea hasn't changed much. We have certainly improved materials and designs and techniques, but it's a swirling...

Hah! Amateurs I have actually hove three. FB- Doug