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Can catamarans capsize. Im not saying that you will then capsize just that you then become at risk of capsize. At 564 meters long 185 feet by 14 meters wide 459 feet thats a decent passenger capacity. Yes Im talking about monohull keel boats with external ballast.

Thats pretty good considering the size and weight of the ship body this catamaran can carry. Speaking of capacity the ship can carry 680 passengers. Together these make a capsize or inversion highly unlikely.

84 of the catamaran casualties were the result of wind induced capsize or pitchpoling. Small boats are much more susceptible to an extra person or two or a couple of heavy coolers aboard than larger boats. Phil Berman talks about capsizing catamarans and answers the question Can a Catamaran Capsize.

We get hit by a rogue wave on what shou. The vast majority of catamarans that capsize usually do so by pitch-polling head over heels forward ie. Many will be surprised to learn that they are the newest of all sailing vessels for 150 years ago they didnt exist.

So a wide beam power catamaran for example. By burying a bow and tripping over it and the vast majority of these are racing catamarans. A catamaran on the ARC rally reefed for an approaching squall as seen from Jeanneau 64 Layla.

Most racing catamarans are built with very slender hulls to reduce the wetted surface area which reduces drag which in turn increases speed. Capsizing is a real risk for sailboats. This means that a person on the deck could end up falling 26 feet into the water during a capsize.