Modern sailboats, even huge ones, are very different animals from traditional tall ships. Sure, there are still low L/D designs being made, a few of them with more or less traditional rigging, some even designed as general cargo vessels. However, they remain a tiny subset of contemporary vessel design, a truly esoteric field, far from being the bread and butter of most naval architects.
Safety culture goes far beyond mere stability calculations. One thing is having a regulatory framework in place, but the enormous experience that goes into making the million go / no-go calls in practice is something entirely different. I mean, everyone on here knows what a slack tank feels like, right? You’d know straight away that something was wrong and have a pretty decent idea of how serious it was. Now how many would feel (as opposed to understand) if a sailing ship is prone to getting knocked down under bare poles? How many would understand the consequences?
Anyhow, I’m starting to sound like a broken record, so I’ll rest my case here.