Also part of my point (albeit rather unexplained previously) is that in order for any 'deploying' system to have a chance to work, it needs to be automatically fired but this will likely make the cost prohibitive. Last weekend, we weren't in the water for more than 10 seconds before the boat was almost completely turtle. Once the main sail scooped just a little water the fat lady was singing - we would have never had a chance to initiate some manually operated system. Heck, I had barely gotten the water out of my nose by then!



I sure would like to see someone calculate the additional wind resistance and healing moment of a stationary (vaning) mast float such as the Hobie Bob (Wouter?). I can't believe that it would be that much. Maybe we need someone to win a couple of races with a mast float!