Talk:Sailing
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The seriousness of this article needs to be cranked up a few notches. I'be begun by removing the outright rant wrt monohulls vz multis:
- Multihulls, especially catamarans, sail much faster than monohulls. Unhappily it is common wisdom that in the open ocean, monohulls are the only safe design. Monohulls remain upright because their buoyancy is higher than their center of gravity. In severe storm or wave conditions, a monohull will recover from a capsize well enough for the crew to jury-rig some sails and limp to a port. A multihull will remain capsized and adrift, probably killing its crew.
-- Egil 07:02 Feb 11, 2003 (UTC)
- I have read dthat Multi-hulls on the open ocean actually travel slower or at the same speed as monohulls. just adding trivia. -- colinpcarr
- I've started to include some basic sailing theory and intend to continue to develop it as time allows. I've also tried to resequence it a bit so that it starts off with the simple stuf and then builds up to the more advanced aspects. I know there's still a lot more to do so if you want to help please "fill your boots" :-) PS If anyone thinks this is NOT the best page for this stuff please let me know. Thanks Julianp
Sailing skills
First, I think the article is great. What about putting together some practical skills; docking, MOB (man over board), uncapsizing a dinghy, some images for points of sail, etc..
I especially would like to add docking because if there is anyway we could make an impact to "the world of docking", I watch people bounce around their slips all day, I believe everyone would be happier.:-) Colin Carr 15:49, 1 May 2004 (UTC)
Good ideas. Please go for it Julianp 06:51, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Sailing hulls and hull shapes
I added a section on the layout and advantages of multihulls Gary Mulder 18:00, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sailboat Racing
Also added a short para. with some references to other WP articles on the most major races Gary Mulder 18:00, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)