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• Anybody following the capsize of the 57' catamaran, LEOPARD?
  • Re: Anybody following the capsize of the 57' catamaran, LEOPARD?
    • Want to add, I think we should be reluctant to be critical.
    • What's a 'watch?' Somebody at the wheel 24/7?
      • Re: What's a 'watch?' Somebody at the wheel 24/7?
        • Why I don't cruise in a multihull
          • There are trade offs, either way
            • I almost went over in my 31' Corsair tri
              • Re: I almost went over in my 31' Corsair tri
                • Yes you did tell me that but a need for speed hindered me from taking that advice
        • My question is, could this have been prevented by throwing off a sheet?
          • Re: My question is, could this have been prevented by throwing off a sheet?
          • The article you posted implied it was cyclonic wind (water spout or something bigger).
      • Re: What's a 'watch?'
      • And what would have happened to a person in the cockpit? Assuming that they were clipped in and not
        • I think you may be