"Bobsprit" wrote
| Boats with a big cockpit can't go to sea!!! Shocking!




"Capt. Mooron" wrote:
Had you seen the pics taken by my buddy of his trip across the Atlantic you
might weigh that reply differently. Green water to over the cockpit seats
every 15 minutes in a 50 knot gale as waves crashed over and into his boat.
It is a 29 Bayfield. He highly reccomends a watertight seal and plexiglass
hatch. The same storm devastated a 46 foot French Ketch.... near the Azores.

The issue is not one of cockpit size, but reserve bouyancy. A big cockpit with
an open transom, on a hull with lots of reserve bouyancy aft, will be safer than
a small cockpit with less reserve bouyancy and small drains.

Get down to the basics, don't follow old wives tales.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King