http://blog.dankim.com/2005/08/15/telstar-28-revisited/ Dan’s Blog about Sailing on a Telstar 28 named Pretty Gee, Friends, Family, Photography, Security, Technology, and other things. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.dankim.com/2005/08/15/telstar-28-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Dan Kim Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:06:37 +0000 http://blog.dankim.com/?p=52#comment-240 No boats are unsinkable, but from what I've seen, the Telstar would be exceptionally difficult to sink. I believe that each ama, or outrigger, has enough floatation in it to support the boat as a whole, so to sink the boat, you would have to hole all three hulls. Even then, unless the boat is exceptionally heavily laden, it might still float, as there are buoyancy compartments built into the main hull. I also seem to remember Will saying the hull was neutrally buoyant, but I'd have to double check that. No boats are unsinkable, but from what I’ve seen, the Telstar would be exceptionally difficult to sink. I believe that each ama, or outrigger, has enough floatation in it to support the boat as a whole, so to sink the boat, you would have to hole all three hulls. Even then, unless the boat is exceptionally heavily laden, it might still float, as there are buoyancy compartments built into the main hull. I also seem to remember Will saying the hull was neutrally buoyant, but I’d have to double check that.

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