[HN Gopher] Bayesian Yacht Sinking
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       Bayesian Yacht Sinking
        
       Author : rediguanayum
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2024-10-31 18:03 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | rediguanayum wrote:
       | NY Times found that an unusually tall mast, and the design
       | changes it required, made the superyacht Bayesian, owned by a
       | tech billionaire Michael Lynch, vulnerable. Lynch co-founded
       | Autonomy and was celebrating his court case against HP when his
       | yacht sank.
        
       | serf wrote:
       | one of the quickest ways to ruin the way an established boat plan
       | 'swims' is by adding a tall rig after de-masting.
       | 
       | it's extremely enticing to 'add more sail' to a boat in order to
       | squeeze more speed out of it, or achieve easier lufting.
       | 
       | turns out that marine architecture is _a lot_ harder than one
       | thinks at first glance, and just about everyone that tries to
       | tweak specs afterwards does so in such a way that makes the boat
       | categorically worse.
       | 
       | (don't ask me how I came to realize this after many dollars
       | spent)
        
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