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Oh, right. Please tell us what monohull with a 3 foot draft goes to weather better than
my boat. remeber, it has to have three staterooms with queen size bunks! Simple Simon wrote: "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Real cruisers stop by because they know my fridge is twice as large! But I'm often anchored close to shore since a three foot draft allows me to go where most monohulls only dream of. How about paying more attention to going where three-foot-draft monohulls can only dream of going - like to weather? He he! S.Simon. |
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"NH_/)_" wrote in message ... Good Points given thanks...... lessons and charters are in order, until we get some seasoned experience before we try deep waters If you have a reasonable amount of experience, then choosing your boat should be a bit like buying a home. You will walk onto a boat, and get that "fits like a glove" feeling. Make sure that she sails like you want her to. If you are still not sure whether you want a mono- or multihull, then I would guess that you either need more sailing experience. Alternatively, you could buy a much cheaper boat than you are presently considering. After a season, or two, you will have a much better idea of what you really want. Marinas are filled with expensive boats that never get sailed. The boat next to mine hasn't left her berth for the last three years! Regards Donal -- |
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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ... Get a folding trimaran like the Corsair. Then you can use one slip. They're still expensive. However, the tris are faster than cats and they point higher. You can also haul them behind a car if you need to... All the folding tri's that I have seen have lousy accommodation. The centre hull tends to be much narrower than a mono, and the outer hulls have no accommodation at all. They seem a bit "specialist" to me. Regards Donal -- |
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"NH_/)_" wrote in message ... Down side 1 Costs are high the one we are looking at costs 300K we only have 140K right now so we have to wait for the trust to come available. Why not ask Oz for some money? He has loads! Perhaps you already know a bent cop who has a surplus of cash?? Regards Donal -- |
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There's no correlation. There are probably about five percent or less multi-hulls cruising the oceans of the world. Raw numbers would make it seem that monohulls suffered more losses but if one works the percentages it is easy to see that catamarans are much much more dangerous. They are a gimmick, a fad, an offshoot from the charter trade where people could care less about sailing. People who charter big cats only want room to party, refrigeration and freezers so they can stuff their faces with food they cooked in their 'gourmet galleys". They'd be far better of on a cruise ship, for gawd's sake. S.Simon - a Captain who knows cruising "The Captains Master" wrote in message ... On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:17:30 -0400, "Simple Simon" wrote: How do you know about the ones that were lost at sea and never reported? I thought 'assumptions should not be made of the basis of scanty information'. S.Simon Jesus Cappy you really have lost touch with reality. Start counting the number on monos lost without trace. Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. |
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Whaaaaat!
You've actually seen a folding tri folded in its slip? They have no keel and will just fall over. Guy who used to have a Corsair at the former marina left it partly = folded...had to rasie the amas to get past the mooring posts..once in = he'd let her stretch out a bit,. Looked like a Klingon Bird of Prey = sitting there partially folded.... --=20 katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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If I want three suites and queen-sized bed I'll go to
Motel 8. I've got three and a half feet of draft and I'll race you to weather in a good blow on open water any time and I'll point higher than you. S.Simon "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Oh, right. Please tell us what monohull with a 3 foot draft goes to weather better than my boat. remeber, it has to have three staterooms with queen size bunks! Simple Simon wrote: "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message ... Real cruisers stop by because they know my fridge is twice as large! But I'm often anchored close to shore since a three foot draft allows me to go where most monohulls only dream of. How about paying more attention to going where three-foot-draft monohulls can only dream of going - like to weather? He he! S.Simon. |
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Huh? Whatta you do about the cooling water intakes
for your refrigerator/freezer and air-conditioning let alone the genset that runs that crap? S.Simon "The Captains Master" wrote in message ... Actually its the exact opposite Because of the shallow draft you can go much further in than a mono and anchor in more sheltered water. Hell if you know the bottom you can even go in far enough for her to dry out at low tide. |
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All it takes is realism and common sense.
Given ocean miles traveled . . . Fact: Cats capsize more often than monos Fact: Cats stay upside down more often than monos Who needs that" S.Simon "The Captains Master" wrote in message ... On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:34:11 -0400, "Simple Simon" wrote: There's no correlation. There are probably about five percent or less multi-hulls cruising the oceans of the world. Raw numbers would make it seem that monohulls suffered more losses but if one works the percentages it is easy to see that catamarans are much much more dangerous. They are a gimmick, a fad, an offshoot from the charter trade where people could care less about sailing. People who charter big cats only want room to party, refrigeration and freezers so they can stuff their faces with food they cooked in their 'gourmet galleys". They'd be far better of on a cruise ship, for gawd's sake. S.Simon - a Captain who knows cruising You're talking thru your hat.....again! Do me a favour, before you broach the subject again do some research on the multis lost in recent years....after the designs were sorted. Remember Cappy they haven't been around all that long. You're relying on bar talk and rumour, you have absolutely no basis for the BS you've trotted out. Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. |
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