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While knockdowns are not tolerated well by multihulls, they have a much higher initial stability and that can often prevent the problems that lead to a knockdown or capsize in a monohull.
If you've ever seen a monohull keelboat sitting broadsides to some small waves, you'll sometimes see the boat starts rolling far more than you would expect, since the waves may be contributing to the rolling motion of the boat each time they hit it. The much higher initial stability numbers of most cruising multihulls means that they won't even start rolling at all.
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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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