On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:58:58 +0200, Ed Gordon wrote:

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:


So when the wind pipes up to force 6 or 7 and the mast starts pumping
and flexing that cabintop and you're 2000 miles from anywhere... "Oh
God, thy sea is so big and my boat is so small, and why didn't you
bless me with two broken legs on the day before I was to set off on
this voyage?"




On a Mac you can take the mast down for less windage. It makes the
stability better, too. You can motor along and keep up with the waves so
they don't break over you.

You've never been IN force 6 or 7, have you?

In conditions like that, you're gonna go forward and TAKE THE MAST DOWN?
'Course, you could just put up the main and wait for the wind to do the
job for you...

druid
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