Still, she serves me
well and I love her dearly, no mans opinion can change that.

If you love her as I love my C&C, that's all that matters. Think about it. If
Donal and Loco truly loved their vessels, their buttons would be unpushable!

RB

Think about it. If
Donal and Loco truly loved their vessels, their buttons would be unpushable!

You don't push my button. I enjoy pushing your "wrong" button.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

But it's a stepping stone...

Bwhhahahahhahahahha

Cheers MC

Bobsprit wrote:

Still, she serves me
well and I love her dearly, no mans opinion can change that.

If you love her as I love my C&C, that's all that matters. Think about it. If
Donal and Loco truly loved their vessels, their buttons would be unpushable!

RB

Mr. Navigator,
If the boat was a passagemaker or, I had no desire
of making passages of more than 350 miles I would keep Cliohdna for the rest
of my life. Especially after all the work I have put into her. She is a
great boat to learn to sail on, which is what I am still doing and will be
doing for some time to come. Or should I say, relearn since I used to cruise
and liveaboard a Morgan 41 OI about 17 years ago. When it comes time for me
to take off (at least for a few years) and make long passages, a Morgan 28
OI is not my boat of choice. I would probably die and the boat would sink.
Now, is that love? Where I live, in Florida, she is a great boat to own
being shallow draft and roomy for weekends and Bahamas. Roominess however,
has been a tradeoff for seaworthiness and sailing performance. I love my
boat but I am also aware of her intended sailing/cruising capabilities. A
very beamy open cabin design she lacks bulkheads for the rigid hull a
bluewater cruiser must have and therefore has not enough locker storage
space to properly provision for an extended cruise among lots other things
like a keel stepped mast that a true bluewater vessel would incorporate in
hull design and rig. We are talking about a boat that has to have the main
reefed at 15 knots. Only a 3'6" draft. Does this sound like a passage maker
to you? Not to me and I'm sure you would agree. HEY! That rhymed didn't it?
Maybe I can do that again! She is a coastal cruiser, and a great one at
that, in my humble opinion, not much more than that. Pretty cool eh?
Anyways, she's not built for what can happen offshore on long passages. I
want to go to places that I believe are just out of reach of a Morgan 28OI.
She is the right boat for me at this point in my life. All the work I put
into her will not come back to me in the way of $. I suffer for my boat and
do without newer and nicer comforts on land because I love my boat and I
love to sail. Yes it is true, I will one day be sailing another boat. But I
still love her dearly. When I get my next and hopefully last boat (after
carefully researching it so none of you guys will make fun of it) I will
also love my new boat just as much.
Brian McAloon
S/V CLIODHNA M28 OI
Pompano Beach, Florida.

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
But it's a stepping stone...
Bwhhahahahhahahahha

Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the
only one with a boat worth owning here!

Cheers MC

Brian McAloon wrote:

When I get my next and hopefully last boat (after
carefully researching it so none of you guys will make fun of it) I will
also love my new boat just as much.

Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the=20
only one with a boat worth owning here!

Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the=20
only one with a boat worth owning here!

Bull pucky....twice...in a semi-liquid state....

--=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

What's hockey got to do with anything. Doubling facts don't change nuthin.

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:

Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the
only one with a boat worth owning here!

Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the
only one with a boat worth owning here!

Bull pucky....twice...in a semi-liquid state....

What's hockey got to do with anything. Doubling facts don't change =
nuthin.

Bull puckey: manure; cattle waste; excrement

--=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

Bwahahahahahahahaaaa.... that sea weed snaggin' nag you try and pawn off
here as a race horse?!!
Get a full keeled beauty like mine and you'll have a real boat.... not
somthing that balks at a port entry in 15 knots of wind because of a fouled
prop. :-)


CM


"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the
| only one with a boat worth owning here!
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Brian McAloon wrote:
|
| When I get my next and hopefully last boat (after
| carefully researching it so none of you guys will make fun of it) I will
| also love my new boat just as much.
|

You mean a CARP? Bwhahhahahhahahahhahaa. Hey when are you going to post
my video of Ella doing 8.5 knots on a fine reach?

Cheers MC

Capt. Mooron wrote:

Bwahahahahahahahaaaa.... that sea weed snaggin' nag you try and pawn off
here as a race horse?!!
Get a full keeled beauty like mine and you'll have a real boat.... not
somthing that balks at a port entry in 15 knots of wind because of a fouled
prop. :-)


CM


"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Awwwwwwww cmon. Even you must realize that ain't gonna happen! I'm the
| only one with a boat worth owning here!
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Brian McAloon wrote:
|
| When I get my next and hopefully last boat (after
| carefully researching it so none of you guys will make fun of it) I will
| also love my new boat just as much.
|