Pride & Stability 7: The People in Charge Poorly Understood the Physics

And The Coast Guard Blithely Relied on Erroneous Data

Roger Long at the helm of one of his designs, Corwith Cramer.

Part 7: The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the capsizing and sinking of the Pride of Baltimore on May 14, 1986 was the “sudden onset of high-velocity wind that exceeded the limits of the vessel's stability, causing the vessel to heel until downfloodi…