Donnys Dilemma wrote:

Jesus Cappy I've done that in a 12' skiff within sight of land...wanna
try something new?

For Nil it was new. That's why he posted that wannabe observation to
begin with ... he thought everyone here was as ignorant as he is of what
the world looks like at sea.

His mooring line must have broken during the night and he woke up
drifting or he probably would never have even experienced what he described.

Rick

Just because you're always sailing in the lee of your
little islands does not mean real waves don't occur
in other places.


Does that make 15 foot waves "fake?"

RB

"Simple Simon" wrote
Besides, you seem to forget my fine yacht
has positive flotation. Even if it gets rolled over
a couple times I will be able to bale it out and
get under way again.

Positive floatation might come in handy, but with your mast hamering
against your hull, maybe holing it already, and gasoline floating on
top of the water in your cabin, and your outbord drowned and posibly
your gasoline poluted with seawater, I doubt it will be that simple.
Wheter at sea or close to the coast you might find yourself in deep
s... well in deep something.


Peter S/Y Anicula

(Bobsprit) wrote:

A real sailor would have chosen a Cape Dory 30, any
alberg or Bristol or even an old Pearson Wanderer. All better in every way and
proven designs. Instead he lives on a tiny cramped vessel known to be poor in
nearly every regard anc quite comely as well.

If You are hit by a seriously big and steep breaking freak wave I
doubt it would matter much. A better and stronger boat might still be
damaged.
The positive floatation might make a difference though.

Peter S/Y Anicula

If You are hit by a seriously big and steep breaking freak wave I
doubt it would matter much. A better and stronger boat might still be
damaged.

Of course it matters. A good boat gives a better chance.
Period.

RB

Of course it matters. A good boat gives a better chance.
Period.

RB

Yes, I didn't say it doesn't.
It positive floatation one of the factors that makes a better boat?

"Bobsprit" skrev i en meddelelse
...
If You are hit by a seriously big and steep breaking freak wave I
doubt it would matter much. A better and stronger boat might still be
damaged.

Yes, I didn't say it doesn't.
It positive floatation one of the factors that makes a better boat?

I forgot to sign

Peter S/Y Anicula

Yes, I didn't say it doesn't.
It positive floatation one of the factors that makes a better boat?

If installed and tested properly. There's no reason to think Neal has workable
floatation. Look at his boom and tell me his vessel is ready for any real
sailing.

RB

when are you going to buy one?

"****Head" wrote

A good boat gives a better chance.

In order to cancel the weight of his keel (3200 pounds?) Neal would need roughly
50 cubic feet of foam. If the boat were constructed with this in mind, it would
have a layer of foam about 2 inches thick on the entire hull. It seems highly
unlikely that Neal could have installed that much foam after the fact.



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Yes, I didn't say it doesn't.
It positive floatation one of the factors that makes a better boat?

If installed and tested properly. There's no reason to think Neal has workable
floatation. Look at his boom and tell me his vessel is ready for any real
sailing.

RB