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#1 - CENTERBOARDS COMPROMISE SEAWORTHINESS
#2 - THE LOWER THE FREEBOARD THE FASTER THE SAILBOAT
#3 - A FAST SAILBOAT CAN NOT ALSO MOTOR FAST
#4 - OCEAN CRUISING SAILBOATS MUST BE LARGER THAN 60 FEET
#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS
#6 WATER BALLAST IS INFERIOR TO OTHER BALLAST
#7 A KEELED SAIL BOAT WILL POINT INTO THE WIND BETTER THAN A CENTER BOARDER
#8 A TALL RIDGED MAST IS BETTER THAN A SHORT BENDING MAST
#9 MAC26X BOAT OWNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RACING
#10 MAC26X BOATS ARE SPARTAN
#11 MAC26X BOATS ARE NOT FOR OCEAN PASSAGES

All these myths are scotched here

http://www.eskimo.com/~mighetto/murrelet.htm

Come on alt.sailing.asa'ers, let's discuss!

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Frank wrote:

#1 - CENTERBOARDS COMPROMISE SEAWORTHINESS
#2 - THE LOWER THE FREEBOARD THE FASTER THE SAILBOAT
#3 - A FAST SAILBOAT CAN NOT ALSO MOTOR FAST
#4 - OCEAN CRUISING SAILBOATS MUST BE LARGER THAN 60 FEET
#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS
#6 WATER BALLAST IS INFERIOR TO OTHER BALLAST
#7 A KEELED SAIL BOAT WILL POINT INTO THE WIND BETTER THAN A CENTER BOARDER
#8 A TALL RIDGED MAST IS BETTER THAN A SHORT BENDING MAST
#9 MAC26X BOAT OWNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RACING
#10 MAC26X BOATS ARE SPARTAN
#11 MAC26X BOATS ARE NOT FOR OCEAN PASSAGES

All these myths are scotched here

http://www.eskimo.com/~mighetto/murrelet.htm

Come on alt.sailing.asa'ers, let's discuss!

You mean, let's ALL be Frank?
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#7 A KEELED SAIL BOAT WILL POINT INTO THE WIND BETTER THAN A CENTER
BOARDER

Well I guess the next contingent of AC boats will have centerboards.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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,#8 A TALL RIDGED MAST IS BETTER THAN A SHORT BENDING MAST.

Doesn't this go counter to normal engineering. Usually tall masts are bendy
and short masts are stiff.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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#9 MAC26X BOAT OWNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RACING

Yea, there's one registered on the entire Chesapeake. I think it belongs to a
dealer south of Annapolis. Funny thing is he usually races his older regular
26.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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#2 - THE LOWER THE FREEBOARD THE FASTER THE SAILBOAT

I guess the next group of Volvo boats will look like Mac 26Xs.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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#4 - OCEAN CRUISING SAILBOATS MUST BE LARGER THAN 60 FEET

Since when is this a myth? The last article I read about cruising oceans
stated that the most popular boat size was 34 feet.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

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And one truth... Macs are **** boats.

Get lost asshole.

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"Frank" wrote in message
om...
#1 - CENTERBOARDS COMPROMISE SEAWORTHINESS
#2 - THE LOWER THE FREEBOARD THE FASTER THE SAILBOAT
#3 - A FAST SAILBOAT CAN NOT ALSO MOTOR FAST
#4 - OCEAN CRUISING SAILBOATS MUST BE LARGER THAN 60 FEET
#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS
#6 WATER BALLAST IS INFERIOR TO OTHER BALLAST
#7 A KEELED SAIL BOAT WILL POINT INTO THE WIND BETTER THAN A CENTER
BOARDER
#8 A TALL RIDGED MAST IS BETTER THAN A SHORT BENDING MAST
#9 MAC26X BOAT OWNERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RACING
#10 MAC26X BOATS ARE SPARTAN
#11 MAC26X BOATS ARE NOT FOR OCEAN PASSAGES

All these myths are scotched here

http://www.eskimo.com/~mighetto/murrelet.htm

Come on alt.sailing.asa'ers, let's discuss!

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I don't agree with this one....

I think it's only true if one is myopic about what makes a craft seaworthy.

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On 28 Jun 2004 06:55:08 -0700, (Frank)
scribbled thusly:

#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS
Fact. Proven over many years of cruising.

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I'm sorry... I was thinking catamaran/trimaran....

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:46:37 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
scribbled thusly:

I don't agree with this one....

I think it's only true if one is myopic about what makes a craft
seaworthy.

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OzOne wrote in message
...
On 28 Jun 2004 06:55:08 -0700, (Frank)
scribbled thusly:

#5 - KEELED SAILBOATS ARE THE MOST SEAWORTHY OCEAN CRUISERS
Fact. Proven over many years of cruising.

Hmmm, Try weathering an Atlantic gale or even one on the east coast of
Oz in a centreboard yacht.
Being driven sideways down a wave is not conducive to survival of most
centreboards.



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