I have to admit that I'm a wee bit skeptical about the ocean worthiness of this design. It's beam appears to be about half its length and it's main section height seems to be about half its beam. I suspect that if this boat were to ever be rolled over, it would stay upside down.
I suppose the mast has flotation in it which would probably prevent this from happening. But if it were dismasted, it may stubbornly stay inverted.
A possible remedy for this would be to let some sea water enter and have the crew put its weight on the low side (where all this sea water would be). That would probably do it.
This is assuming of course that the keel stays extended and the balb stays on the keel.
Wow that thing is far too big for me. Its almost the exact same length as the Lusty Slogger (15.5 feet or 4.7 meters)
I have to admit that I'm a wee bit skeptical about the ocean worthiness of this design. It's beam appears to be about half its length and it's main section height seems to be about half its beam. I suspect that if this boat were to ever be rolled over, it would stay upside down.
I suppose the mast has flotation in it which would probably prevent this from happening. But if it were dismasted, it may stubbornly stay inverted.
A possible remedy for this would be to let some sea water enter and have the crew put its weight on the low side (where all this sea water would be). That would probably do it.
This is assuming of course that the keel stays extended and the balb stays on the keel.