and which of those boats is a 50 foot Bristol?

dude, lonny was writing fiction (hoping to soon get paid LOTS of money for his
"better than Nick Carter" novels?).

Well, look beyond google. First boat listing webpage I looked at found
some:


http://www.boats.com/listing/cache/l...jsp?searchPage
=%2Flisting%2Fcache%2Fquick_search.jsp&slim=quick& sm=3&searchtype=buy&bcin
t=4&is=false&man=Bristol&fromYear=&toYear=2005&fro mLength=48&toLength=52&l
uom=126&currencyid=100&fromP
rice=&toPrice=&psdistance=1&pszipcode=32259&ac=&a c=&spid=&Search.x=48&Sea
rch.y=6

"JAXAshby" wrote this idiot message
...

googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50
foot
center cockpit sailboat.

The one I was on was a Ted Hood design. And had quite a few design flaws.

Lonny



DSK wrote in message ...
Jeff Morris wrote:

Bristol has built (and continues to build) a variety of custom boats, many of
the large, so they may well have built a 50. However, they are now building a
48, which is close enough for me:
http://www.bristolmarine.com/bristol48.htm

Ah yes, but Jeff, you're not a pettifogging ****-ant like MC and JAX.

It's a matter of taste but I don't like center cockpit designs, most of them sail
like a double decker bus. However there are a few, Moody and Bristol come to mind,
that are good sailing boats. IIRC Bristols were designed by either Alden or Ted
Hood.



"JAXAshby" wrote
googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.

So, everything you know about boats comes from Google? Maybe you can share some of
your expertise with Navvie?

DSK

Well, you win!

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
know you can win at knowing about
gayness,


Ganzy back to being GAY again!


RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
know you can win at knowing about
gayness,


Ganzy back to being GAY again!

Aren't you against homophobia?



Regards


Donal
--

Kind of like J. Edgar Hoover I imagine.

"Donal" wrote in message
...

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
know you can win at knowing about
gayness,


Ganzy back to being GAY again!

Aren't you against homophobia?



Regards


Donal
--

(Lonny) wrote

This one day we were sailing along nicely but the weather was
deteriorating as we approached the stream. Winds were about 40 knots,
overcast, some rain, waves approx 3 meters. Still not too bad, until
we hit something in the water. It was kind of soft hit I guess. THe
boat now would not perform well, slowed down, and would not respond
very well to rudder inputs. We figured we picked up a fishing net and
it was wrapped around our rudder. The deteriorating conditions and
impending darkness meant it was much too risky for a crew member to go
overboard and inspect, perhaps cutting the net loose, so we had little
choice but to continue on.

The thing to do is clear the net without going in the water.

Sailing backwards might have cleared it.

Bart Senior

(JAXAshby) wrote

I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.

googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.

I've admired one on the hard at my marina every
winter for the last few years. I can't remember
the name of the boat. It is on the tip of my
tongue. Next time I go check on my boat I get
the name of the boat and see what I can find
out about them.

As I recall is was a sweet looking boat--Bristol
looks in fact. I've never sailed one though.

If center cockpit means hydraulic steering, then
I don't like them. I do like big aft cabins--but
aft cabins can be in front of an aft cockpit, and
maintain the feel of a normal quadrant steering
system.

Bart Senior

Doug has credibility and you have none.

(JAXAshby) wrote

doubie, I did St thomas to nyc last year, as well as Ft Lauderdale to
Charleston, as well as nyc to oriental. I would still be out there except I
had to return to deal with a business issue.

Seems to me that in a short time, on our trawler, my wife & I have been a
lot further, seen and done a lot more than you, Bubbles, and Jaxxie, ever
have in all your lives.

(Lonny) wrote

The one I was on was a Ted Hood design. And had quite a few design flaws.

Lonny

What didn't you like about it?

Bart Senior

I agree. It could have been cleared
without putting anyone in the water.
It was worth a try.

Bart

MC wrote

Correct. I have dived under boats in short seas (near reefs) and it is
very very dangerous. Sometimes just going hove to and using a boat hook
can work wonders.