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Without evidence,  the explanation doesn't carry any more weight than the opinions expressed here.

If you watched Dylan Winter's adventures in a Centaur in the northern parts of Scotland,  you noticed how frequently he was windbound in port for three days at a time.

The idea that a boat with centerboard up will skitter to leeward and frustrate the force of a breaking wave goes back a long way, at least to Commodore Monroe and the original Presto. Phil Bolger quoted it a couple times, but he also pointed out that there is a limit. He wrote "Look at a toy...

I think we all can agree that, in a better world, it would be as easy to sample the bottom of a boat's fuel tank as it is an airplane's.

There were several bad events about that time. It turned out that sailing 19th century vessels in the 20th century is just as hazardous as it was sailing them back in the day.

GA aircraft design has been as affected by regulation as sailing as been affected by racing rules. In aviation, the role of rule makers is played by the slow, and very conservative FAA certification process. Your brand new Cessna comes with an engine based on 1930s technology. Things like fuel...

For those who have an interest in IOR yachts, I recommend following Julian Everitt on Facebook. He is an Englishman who designed a lot of IOR boats. His comments make it clear that the IOR changed over the years, so all the boats don't have all the flaws and idiosyncrasies. 

In the days when the schooner rig was the popular rig for coastwise shipping, one of the big reasons was that a big boat could be handled by a small crew. So maybe, it's a good choice for a single hander. OTOH, they spent a lot of time sailing pretty slow, and spent time at anchor waiting for...

Rousmaniere was the editor, not one of the authors, but based on a short, long ago,  conversation with John, it was more of a rewriting than an edit. But the idears are the authors'. I think the real value of the book now is to educate the reader on what the important things are, especially the...