"Donal" wrote in message
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"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Now that is *not* nice.

I disagree.

Jim has been very polite in the face of the most incredible abuse.

Peter Wiley has tried to tell us that his opinion should hold sway over
Jim's because Peter, (and soon), his son have college degrees. This
argument makes no sense at all. In fact, if someone has to invoke their
"degree" as proof of their intelligence, then I would assume that they are a
bit inadequate.


Jeff has poured scorn on the 200 gallon claim, and yet Jeff has not had the
courage to state what he thinks that the real figure is.

What a cowardly piece of **** you are Donal. Almost 48 hours before your post I
responded to Jim:


" What is your estimate, Jeff?

"Gee that's a tough one Jim. How about 6 inches wide by 6 feet long by one foot
draft? That gives a pretty conservative 3 cubic feet. I suspect it may be half
of that, or less. And the amount of drag created by the trunk is reall not that
large."

Jim's claim of 200 gallons was off by at least a factor of 10, maybe 20 or more.
Anyone who had really taken a considerable amount of physics and math as Jim
claims should be able to see the problem with this number in about three
seconds. Jim is either a liar, or he's too lazy to think for a few seconds.
Only he knows the truth, but he was simply trying to deflect my criticism with
his nasty comment.

Think about it Donal, Jim was claiming the centerboard trunk on a 26 foot
sailboat is 10 times larger than your fuel tank! Does that make sense to you?
What would your guess have been?

Frankly, I didn't think the "200 gallon" number was particularly significant,
except the Jim has had this pattern of quoting bogus numbers and then denying he
ever did it. He has even asked several time that we point out examples of
outrageous claims:

"Really? And could you be just a little more specific? Like, if I posted
all those "ridiculous and false" claims, could you cite a few of them?
(And please quote my own words. - No paraphrases or caricatures.)"

I just figured I was helping Jim as he wished.