A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat. I cant think of a better boarding
platform for an inflatable. Any thoughts as to why we don't see more of
these on sailboats? I know we see the sugar scoop transoms on some newer
boats, but why not platforms? Thanks, Wes Carroll

"Philip Carroll" wrote in message
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A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat. I cant think of a better boarding
platform for an inflatable. Any thoughts as to why we don't see more of
these on sailboats? I know we see the sugar scoop transoms on some newer
boats, but why not platforms? Thanks, Wes Carroll

Funny, I was browsing ads in "yachtworld" and I saw one. I suspect most
folks don't have them because they look rather ungainly, for lack of a
better word.
John Cairns

On Sat, 8 May 2004 01:12:48 -0400, "Philip Carroll"
wrote this crap:

A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat. I cant think of a better boarding
platform for an inflatable. Any thoughts as to why we don't see more of
these on sailboats? I know we see the sugar scoop transoms on some newer
boats, but why not platforms? Thanks, Wes Carroll


Wait till you heel, and it's dragging in the water.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Wes,

Most sailboats were built with an over-hang stern, for reserve buoyancy
in a following sea, which didn't have much transom.

That was in the days of wooden construction. With fibre glass hulls it
has changed, some, but still an awful lot of sailboats are built with
narrow, high sterns. That lets them squat on the stern wave to keep the
hull flat and the rig upright.

It is changing some. My boat has a closed stern/ swim step stern but
below the water line is a bustle canoe shaped hull. I love it but I'm an
old man and the "Blue water" days are well behind me.

Ole Thom

A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat.

After you install that you could talk to the Boobster and get instructions on
how to install a 10 foot stern ladder.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

that's just plain stupid!


"Horvath" wrote


Wait till you heel, and it's dragging in the water.

Because they look dumb. My boat had one on, the one thing I didn't like
about her. It's mounted with clevis pins so I figured it'd be easy to take
off. However, we discovered how handy it is. It's good for swimming (well,
duh) but it's great for boarding and loading/unloading stuff from a dinghy.
It's a small , teak one.

Scotty



"Philip Carroll" wrote in message
...
A friend of mine gave me the platform off his 26' powerboat, and I am
considering using it on my sailboat. I cant think of a better boarding
platform for an inflatable. Any thoughts as to why we don't see more of
these on sailboats? I know we see the sugar scoop transoms on some newer
boats, but why not platforms? Thanks, Wes Carroll

Didn't Slocum (correctly as far as I can see it) point out that an
overhung stern is a liability in a following sea?

Cheers

Thom Stewart wrote:

Wes,

Most sailboats were built with an over-hang stern, for reserve buoyancy
in a following sea, which didn't have much transom.

That was in the days of wooden construction. With fibre glass hulls it
has changed, some, but still an awful lot of sailboats are built with
narrow, high sterns. That lets them squat on the stern wave to keep the
hull flat and the rig upright.

It is changing some. My boat has a closed stern/ swim step stern but
below the water line is a bustle canoe shaped hull. I love it but I'm an
old man and the "Blue water" days are well behind me.

Ole Thom

"Navigator" wrote ...
Didn't Slocum (correctly as far as I can see it) point out that an
overhung stern is a liability in a following sea?

that was Neal.

Wasn't Neal agreeing with Slocum?

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

"Navigator" wrote ...

Didn't Slocum (correctly as far as I can see it) point out that an
overhung stern is a liability in a following sea?


that was Neal.