Capt. Rob wrote:
Thats a 135 ft 4,400 HP 28Kt 3 million dollar boat bubbles


Wow! Did I mention that I drove an F40 a few years ago? Does that make
me a better sailor? What exactly does your experience with those craft
have to do with sailing?

I thought we were talking about the defination of Capt.

However to address your re- direction.

Large light craft have great windage, learning to deal with windage and
infact using it to your advantage in crucial in mastering sea going
vessels and tows.

Imagine running down the ICW a 400 ft wide ditch.... pushing a 300 ft
barge drawing only 6" with 13 ft of freeboard sticking above the water
with a single screw 350 HP lugger tug. And the wind at 25+ knots dead
on the beam. If you do not no how to sail, you get blown down ie: go
no-where except the downwind bank and wait for the wind to stop(once
you get blown down, with a big empty no tug has the leverage to get it
back up.

Now if you can sail, it get's you all excited and makes you giddy( the
way you get sailing now) it's a rush, you flat out haul ass. The fun
part is when you meet a guy coming the other way, doing the same thing.
It all has to do with dealing with mastering the skills needed for
others to call you Captain.


At least we can begin to understand why you bought what you bought. But
no one can fathom how you thought your boat had a 13 knot hull speed.

Bubble's.... I have a 120 HP main and a GPS. I know my hull speed.

Captain Joe


RB
35s5
NY