"DSK" wrote
Bart Senior wrote:

I visited Palma briefly, but it was a long time ago. One of those places
I've been meaning to get back to.

I loved it there. I can see myself living there. Real Estate did not seem
overly expensive. Comparable to the States.

Interesting. The Bavarias of a few years ago were pretty good. Maybe this
was a cheapo fix-it by the charter co? Or maybe they're suffering from
competition for slim profits in the boatbuilding industry?

I was told they were considered a notch below other boats made over
there. Perhaps they do a better job on the exports to this country. I
haven't seen any over here. I picked the Bavaria, because I hadn't
sailed one.


I did see an interesting one design fleet. The boats were about
28 feet long with open transoms and swing keels. Most were
dry sailed. I saw only five in slips. The total fleet size was
about 25 boats. I did not take any pictures. Does anyone have
an idea of what they could be?


Could they have been these?
http://www.1720sportsboat.com/photos.htm


Nice looking boat. Similar hull design. However, those have
a fixed keel. The ones I saw were swing keel.

During the tour of the Maritime Center, I took dozens of photos.
That was perhaps the most interesting part of the trip. I'll post those
next week.


Cool... what sort of exhibits did they have, like a museum?

Exactly it was a museum. Full size galley. There were programable
headsets. Punch in a display number and get briefed in your language.

For example I learned the galley were often smelled before they were
seen. Three men per oar makes for a smelly boat! Can you imagine
smelling a boat 2 miles away?

Most exhibits were models. Some very old fishing boats with forward
raked unstayed masts supporting a single lateen spar--somewhat like
an Arab Dhow. There was an interesting sailing raft. Much of the
writen information I could not read was writen in Spanish and Catalan.

I have tons of picture of the models. Give me a week to publish them.
I'm tied up for the next four days.

Bart