On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:49:03 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
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"Bob" wrote in message
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On Jul 3, 3:14 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

Either way, a dead give-a-way is the constant helm corrections.
somthing aint right.
Bob

What ain't right is your absurd assumptions about the constant helm
corrections. There is no modern, high performance sailboat with fin
keel/spade rudder combo that doesn't need constant helm corrections when
running with the seas on or abaft the quarter. It's the nature of the
beast.
Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard

\ two comments Wilbur:
\ 1, I agree the boat type is absurd and simply not a safe designe for
\ most people. still a helm should not have to drive a boat that much.
\ It an indacation somthin aint ballanced right. my boat handled a bit
\ that way too. but i had 300+ pounds of chain and a 45lb anchor in the
\ bow.......
\
\ 2., I belive the correct tem is simply "quarter". No other language is
\ needed to give that area on a vessel meaning.
\ but your use may be a local dialect. I other words, locate the
\ "quarters" on a vessel.
\ But i got your idea. those kind of boats are dangerous in an amature's
\ hands.
\ bob

If you're suggesting I should have written "on or abaft quarter" then you
need to study your nautical terminology for that is simply incorrect
terminology.

But, the boat may have been trimmed badly as in down by the bows. That
would make it more likely that the stern would slew around in quartering
seas as the bows dug in. But, form factor of these modern hulls with
minimal buoyancy in the bows (even without a shot or two of chain stored
there) and a huge beam astern make them a real handful broad reaching. The
best thing you can do to tame them is strike the mainsail completely and
run a storm jib on the forestay. But you still have to be on the ball
steering the damned things.

--
Gregory Hall



Good job, Gregory! Keep it up and you will be able to fill in for me when I
decide to go cruising again in the near future. This group needs my
brilliance and guidance. If you can provide it so much the better.

Do me a favor, though, never let the cowardly skipper of the scuttled "Red
Cloud" forget his folly. Keep after him until he publicly admits his
weakness in the face of a small ration of maritime adversity. Make the
limp-wristed, little, panty-waisted wimp realize that which made him chicken
out is nothing compared to the ocean in her full fury. We wouldn't want him
to underestimate the power of Neptune's play a second time. He can't stand
Neptune's play imagine his fright should he be treated to Neptune's wrath!
Let's hope he doesn't go off half-cocked again. Thank you.

He mentioned he was loading up his boat for a week-end cruise. Leaving from
Miami where he must have procured a replacement for his wimpishly abandoned
"Red Cloud." Let's hope he survives the Gulf Stream. Please pray for him.

Wilbur Hubbard


Capt. Neil, Wilbur Hubbard and now Gregory Hall. Will the supply of
Sock Puppets never end?



A fool who knows his foolishness is wise
at least to that extent, but a fool who
thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.