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BOAT SHOW REPORT
On 20 Jan 2004 12:02:54 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:
Although I have been "landlocked" for my sailing for the last 15
years,
Yup
it is at the home of Valiant Yachts. If there is a more
seaworthy boat built, I have yet to see it.
Go to any sal****er marina and you will find plenty of more seaworthy boats
than a Valiant. Valiant is a huge marketing success but it is generally
considered by knowledgeable, scientifically trained sailors to be about a knot
and half slower for its size and design than it should be. Salty looking boat,
though, and that does have market appeal.
I don't think it has been in production this long becuase it is "salty
looking". I watch these things being built and shipped out all over
the world. These things are built and well thought out. Perhaps it
is slower than it needs be because of the strenght of it's
construction? Is that a bad thing for a "seaworthy boat"? By
"scientifically trained sailors", who would that be in reference to?
Bob Perry would say different, but then Bob has publicly called me an asshole,
but Bob has also publicly stated that he has struggled with math all his life,
a statement on his part that I do not doubt.
Actually, I don't doubt either statement What does his math
aptitude have to do with anything? Are you suggesting that yacht
design is ultimately a mathmatical exercise and the best slide rule
operator will design the best boat? That would be an interesting
theory to test. Do you have any evidence of that linkage?
I think Bob's success speaks for itself. The boat has been a success,
commercially and out on the water for over 30 years and is in the
Sailboat Hall of Fame. If "scientifically trained sailors" wish to
nitpick, then so be it.
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