SorryDog - you're obviously talking about high power speed boats? Yes I can fully appreciate that a hull failure at speed in one of those would be serious - my previous posts were referring to yachts of the sail variety. These speed boat crashes/failures are indeed spectacular but it's all over in an instant and only happens in one dimension which increases the survivability.
I don't understand your snobbery comment - there is none here. My concern is that the longevity of major fuselage repairs on HIGH CYCLE airframes is a relatively unknown quantity - and the effects of a failure at 500 knots let alone 100 are obvious.
Last edited by A4; 16th July 2013 at 07:59.