Nav het filmpje heb ik het Fastnet onderzoeksrapport doorgenomen.
www.blur.se/images/fastnet-race-inquiry.pdf
Daarin vond ik de volgende passage zeer opmerkelijk:
It can be seen that, in the sea
conditions experienced, characteristics which appeared
to Increase a yacht's likelihood of suffering a knockdown
past 90° include: lack of initial stability as indicated
by high tenderness ratio and low negative
screening value; wide beam as indicated by low L/ B
ratio (there is only a slight Indication that this factor was
slgnificantl; wide shallow hull form as indicated by high
B/CMDI ratio. There is little indication of any relationship
between baliast ratio or length/displacement ratio
and vulnerability to knockdowns, It must be stressed
that while these tabulations appear to indicate trends
towards, for instance, wide boats being prone to knockdowns
past 90°, they do not constitute proof that all
wide boats will inevitably suffer knockdowns, High
B/CMDI and low LIB ratios are generally associatedwith the smaller boats; and boat size to wave size ratio
Is an important factor which will always make smaller
boats more vulnerable.