Hi Blair With high ballast displacement ratios in the Montgomery's and Sage's it's not likely to capsize them. Sure, any boat can get knocked down but boats with proper ballast (generally) will pop back up. The rule that Lyle Hess mentioned years ago is 30%. Our boats are up in the 40% range. Some Potters are 12% and that's why they turn turtle. Be well Bob M Boats 949-489-8227 Sent from my iPad
On Jan 26, 2017, at 1:16 PM, Blair Ashworth <blairashworth@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi M sailors, I've been watching a few videos about the SCAMP, which is a small wooden boat designed by John Welsford. Seems to be a very stable boat and they did an interesting Intentional Capsize with the boat to judge stability, safety, and self-rescue.
I'm sure many of you may have seen the short videos - if not, here are a couple links for reference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du9lvJNVqnk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRZNWAkdkXM
My question as an M15 owner is if this type of test or intentional capsize and recovery has been done on an M15 or M17 or similar boats? I would suspect it would be much harder to intentionally capsize an M17, but an M15 seems like this test could be done.
I come from a dinghy sailing background where capsizes are part of the experience and sure adds to your confidence when you know what will happen in a capsize and that you can recover as needed. So that is what got me thinking along these lines. I know I've read that capsizes and knockdowns are very rare for M15s but thought this may be a good summer time type of test/experiment.
If not done intentionally, any stories of capsizes and recovery out there? I read the one on msog.org, but hadn't heard of any others. That link for reference is: http://msog.org/how-to/how-to_flotjet.cfm#knockdown
Thanks for any insights. Blair M15 #126