[MHml] Atlantic 42 (46?) capsize on Lake Michigan

[R.A. Hettinga]

At 8:37 AM +1100 10/31/06, Paul Nudd wrote:
>mini-keels

What I'm curious about (I believe the "mini keels" are there to reinforce
the daggerboards, or to give you something to beach the cat on, or
something; White talks about it in "The Cruising Multihull") is the
position of the daggerboards themselves. One's almost up, and the other is
farther out.

Makes you wonder which one was to weather, and, whether :-), as someone
noticed here before, they were responsible for the cat tripping over its
own feet...

Sitting in the saloon while your boat's balls-to-the-wall under autopilot
in microburst weather is pushing it just a little, I think. Reminds me of
the apocryphal story of the Winnebago on the interstate, and the driver
sets the cruise control to go back and make some coffee...

So the owner freaks out and sold the boat. Wonder who got it?

Cheers,
RAH

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