J. Clarke wrote:
Ed Edelenbos wrote:
"RAM³" wrote in message
m...
Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far
more
limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of
electricity, and the simple fact that sailboats travel on their
sides...

If it's on it's side, it's either broken or at the hand of a
non-sailor.

As for "limited weight carrying", most of the ones I'd be interested
in carry a big chunk of lead or iron or on a few gold platers depleted
uranium on the bottom.



Doesn't matter at all.

Dorothy's Hunter 38 displaces 16,600 pounds with 6,500 pounds of lead in
the keel

Even that is limited displacement.


Richard