"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message

| Rubbish! My 32 footer would thrash you on any point of sail!

Bah!... the only part of that statement worth retaining is the "My 32
footer","thrash" & "Rubbish"
Upwind you might have a chance of keeping up....downwind you'd be lost far
behind me.

The opposite is true. Going upwind, my lack of momentum means that the
waves slow me down, whereas you would be able to maintain your 4.5 kts.

Going downwind, however, would be an entirely different matter. You
wouldn't see me for dust! Your pathetic little crab crusher would be
bouncing around in the waves while I would be surfing away - at high speed!



13kts sustained average over 2 miles..... stick that in your French Fried
Fin Keeler!

Bwahahahaha! Pull the other one - it's got bells on! Delivery trips on
the back of a truck don't count.

Speed over ground doesn't count either.




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| In my humble experience, the owners of crab crushers are "all mouth and
no
| trousers". They choose their boats on the basis that they are
incredibly
| seaworthy - and then they refuse to set sail in anything more than a F4.
| They never see hull speed because they are afraid to venture out in the
| conditions that would enable them to do hull speed.

This is obviously a situation unique to the British.... my findings
illustrate that Fin Keelers never venture far from the harbour and
generally
loose not only their bravado but their bowel content when faced with a
real
ocean.

I can just imagine Ellen Mc Arthur sailing around the world in a crab
crusher?????

Really,... Mooron, you need to get a grip on reality. When was the last
time that a crab crusher took part in a "Round the World" race?





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| I, on the other hand, am the proud possessor of a boat that really *is*
| able to exceed hull speed.

So can most margarine containers..... when push comes to shove they flip
&
fold faster than superman on laundry day!

Fin Keelers..... Pah!

Regards


Donal
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