rhys wrote in message . ..
On 27 Oct 2004 20:43:14 -0700, (Parallax)
wrote:
in a lot of wind.
Havent done th ecalculations yet but it may be reasonable.
Tell me again why you are hesitant to go long-term cruising again...
With all the clever if untested notions you come up with I would
suggest a 45 footer pilot house.
The pilot house will be the saloon.
The saloon will be the work bench/test bed/micro-foundry. All
socializing will be on deck as you...Captain Frankenstein...build the
perfect labour-saving gadgets for budget-conscious cruising.
The V-berth will hold 500 lbs of tools.
And you and the missus can sleep in the back.
Now, you can't tell me that's not an attractive plan.
R.
That actually crossed my mind a while back. I have a Prazi jewelers
lathe/mill that I considered putting in a Gulfstar 42 and cruising and
just making weird things. However, then I realized that I am really
terrible at making "pretty" things. Everything I make has lots of
duct tape, hose clamps and gouge marks all over.
In real life, I have realized that it pays to pay people who do that
sort of thing so i have two very good machinist/instrument makers.
They look at me like I am crazy when I explain what I want, but I
think they like the challenges. My designer walks away shaking his
head but returns a few days later with a way to do things. My
engineer and physicist joke that they will lock up the electron
microscopes for fear I turn em into "Frankenscopes". It would be
tough to have this sort of great relationship with these people long
distance and working with them is a real joy.