The keel attachment area was under-engineered and backing plates and additional glass was the remedy IIRC. Several lives were lost during some of the fairly well documented capsizes. Here is a link to one of the stories.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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Last edited by sailingdog : 01-28-2007 at 09:18 AM.
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