FWIW, despite all the bad press, the R33 isn't any more unstable than the rest of the cats. You just need to keep a hand on the mainsheet. I don't know any "high performance" cats that won't capsize if you don't depower in the puffs. It's a matter of sail area to weight. They claim the R33 beam of 14' is too narrow, however look at the ORMA 60's. They are 60' long with a 60' beam, and they are constantly capsizing them. Those are pros sailing them!

I just spent two days intentionally capsizing the R33 while testing the masthead float system. They called in the expert (they don't call me Crash Krantz for nothin'). We pulled it over with a power boat at first, doing it in a controlled manner, and then we sailed it over at speed. It happens much slower than any beach cat that I've flipped. Once it was over, it floated high and dry on it side, taking on less than 10 gals each time we righted it. The new singlehanded righting ssytem still has some bugs in it, but I'm confident we're on the right path. Once we get it worked out, I look forward to posting the video. In fact, once I get it compressed down and formatted, I 'll probably go ahead and post the video showing us going over at full speed. It's pretty cool.