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Richard Casady

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:07:19 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:53:13 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:45:23 -0400, wrote:

You need to be able to get the water out FAST. The cockpit deck needs
to be just above the waterline, with a lot of square footage of direct
drainage that does not involve tubes or hoses. A water filled cockpit
needs to drain in seconds, not minutes. The boat should also be
self-righting.

Only thing wrong with self righting is that half the weight of the
boat ends up as ballast.

Only thing wrong with not self righting is you drown.

All the self righting boats sink easily. The self righting boats in
Iowa are virtually nonexistant. Unsinkable is almost universal. as
this seems to be required on the boats under twenty feet, which are
all you see. See who drowns first, especially since the shore is
always within swimming distance. Inland lake boating lacks many of
the worst hazards found on the ocean, and deaths are actually rare.
Usually when a drunk goes into the water without a PFD. Maybe killed
in his bunk in a collision, in a designated anchorage. by a cop who
tries to blame him for not showing non required lights. There was an
ignored speed limit that close to shore.

Casady