Allan, I have sailed on the Star Clipper. At the time is was the largest passenger sailing ship of its kind in the world. Not to alarm passengers, at a pre arranged time and with plenty of warning, the captain put the ship under full sail. The experience was both exhilarating and terrifying. Within a minute the Star Clipper healed over to an incredible angle and it was cling on or fall overboard. I repeat, I know nothing about yachts but alluminium masts of that height will surely buckle under such stress. The design may have allowed the mast to be lowered to form a keel but in relatively shallow water that may not have been possible. A conspiricy or coincidence. We will just have to wait and see. I notice no British MPs of either port or starboard persuasion were aboard.