Crap'n NealŪ scribbled thusly:
"Cut the Mustard" meets or exceeds all requirements.
1) She is very easy to handle and very easy to maneuver plus
she turns on a dime. Her sails are manageable and in top
shape. She goes upwind all day with a simple bungee cord
on the tiller to weather. She controls easily with a tiller
pilot off the wind. She tacks like a cowboy, she is very
buoyant because of her hull design.
OzOne wrote:
Most dinghys are!
Yes, and it's easy to handle because it never leaves the mooring.
2) She is more comfortable than many boats twice her size.
She is narrow by today's standards and does not
pound in a seaway or steep chop like most of the
newer, wide and shallow boats.
Yep, funny isn't it that all the fast, comfortable passage makers are
wide.
You're thinking multis, right?
3) She is more seaworthy than any boat on this group with
the possible exception of Joe's and Mooron's. She is the
ONLY one with positive flotation.
Mutlis don't need positive flotation, they have no ballast to drag
them to the bottom.
No engines or batteries either?
The tri I race had her hull breached after hitting a submerged
container while travelling at around 20kts.
She was SAILED the 300 odd miles home!
I don't see what's wrong with positive flotation, if properly engineered.
4) She's extremely fast, easily knocking off 150 mile days.
Bwaaaahahahahhahahahahahahahhahaaaa!
Less than 10hours for a decent boat.
And extremely unlikely for a 30 year old low-end 27-foot production boat.
5) She is more beautiful than any other sailboat owned by
anyone, bar none, here in this group. Even that fine
yacht Ella Vuella pales in comparison.
You left off the ;^)
Edey & Duff wrote:
A sailboat can be a work of art. We pity the poor fellow who sails a
monstrosity. Can he ever really love her?
We see that the answer to that, in at least one case, is yes... but the
person in question has a fondness for inflatable love objects...
DSK
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