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Default Seamanship Question #33

Bart Senior wrote:
Have you got any picture of it?

"Charlie Morgan" wrote

wrote:


BTW, It never a bad idea to label you halyards. Ever sail on an
unlabeled boat? In particular a complicated one?

When I was a kid, I had a very beat up wooden, single floor, (Hey, that's
what
they called it!) Flying Dutchman that I bought for $150. It needed a LOT
of
work. At least it had a usable main, jib, and spin. Since we were kids,
and
money was tight, every line in the whole boat was eventually clothesline!
It
could get VERY confusing in that spagetti factory. Ever sail one? Despite
the
fact that mine was a total piece of junk, I still miss it and even tried
to buy
another one last year. Missed it by hours.

CWM



Mr Sails had a Flying Dutchman when he lived in FL (previous to me)..he
loved that boat bu said it could be a royal PUTA....(no...that isn't a
typo...)