Also here: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/can-a-mast-be-too-tall-266680.html https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/can-a-mast-be-too-t... >Counter

Also here: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/can-a-mast-be-too-tall-266680.html https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f55/can-a-mast-be-too-t... >Counterintuitively [a boat with a tall mast] will be be more capsize resistant, capsize is a dynamic phenomenon and increase mast height provides a vastly disproportionate increase in roll moment of inertia which resists capsize. Stability is a static phenomenon even when the boat is moving thru the water and provides little if any resistance to capsize.