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I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have
in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year...
"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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Seasonal Affective Disorder got you down?
I am going sailing Christmas day. Are You? CN "katysails" wrote in message ... It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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I'll be sailing offshore I hope. You?
Cheers Capt. Neal® wrote: Seasonal Affective Disorder got you down? I am going sailing Christmas day. Are You? CN "katysails" wrote in message ... It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message thlink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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Depends on the weather were I go. CN "Nav" wrote in message ... I'll be sailing offshore I hope. You? Cheers Capt. Neal® wrote: Seasonal Affective Disorder got you down? I am going sailing Christmas day. Are You? CN "katysails" wrote in message ... It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message thlink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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Nope...I'm gonna have fun with my granddaughters....I'm going to watch them
open presents and have a good time and be very thankful that they are alive....My Christmas will be much better than yours. "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... Seasonal Affective Disorder got you down? I am going sailing Christmas day. Are You? CN "katysails" wrote in message ... It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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Yes, Grandma! Bwahahahhahahhahahahhah!
Give them a hug for me. I don't have any children or grandchildren with whom to enjoy Christmas. Bah, humbug! CN "katysails" wrote in message ... Nope...I'm gonna have fun with my granddaughters....I'm going to watch them open presents and have a good time and be very thankful that they are alive....My Christmas will be much better than yours. "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... Seasonal Affective Disorder got you down? I am going sailing Christmas day. Are You? CN "katysails" wrote in message ... It took more time for you to write that then you sailed all year... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message ... I've got more time in the Gulf Stream than you have in your boat. Anyone familiar with the Gulf Stream knows full well that the seas there grow to stupendous proportions when the wind is against the current. I've sailed in waves as large as those shown in some of those pictures and had no trouble controlling my yacht. It's all about a balanced sail plan and the proper square footage of sail for the wind conditions. Your statements prove to me that you NEVER have sailed in large seas because if you had you would know that most of the hype about them is just hype. You would also know that the ride in a small, properly sailed yacht in the 27-30 foot range is very much more comfortable than the motion on larger motor vessels that pitch, roll and yaw in an almost uncontrollable manner. Pitching in a small vessel such as mine is worse in a heavy chop in shallow water than it is in large seas the period of which is long enough that pitching is barely noticed. In heavy winds and seas I do not attempt to go to weather. I'm not stupid so I go off the wind enough to make things as comfortable as possible. Screaming into the trough is stupid and unnecessary. Why do you do it? I do not. It is easy to sail across the wind so the trough comes at your vessel at an oblique enough angle to eliminate the danger of a broach. Another thing, again, is that balanced sail plan. Any time I see a monohull sloop attempting to sail under mainsail alone like the photo that was posted I quickly understand that the skipper of that vessel has forgotten how to balance the helm no matter how great a reputation he or his vessel might enjoy. You cannot possibly look at a picture of a vessel being tossed sideways because it cannot be sailed because of an unbalanced sail plan and conclude anything other than the captain and crew is either not paying attention or they are just plain lazy and inept. Those are the facts. I could care less if you agree with them or not. You are an amateur compared to me. Anybody who uses Maxprop for a name is no sailor. Go motor up and down the Intracoastal with Mr. King and the other trawler sailors. CN "Maxprop" wrote in message ink.net... "Capt. Neal®" wrote in message Not so! Those huge waves have little effect upon a small yacht under a reasonable press of sail to keep her stable. This statement clearly demonstrates that you've never been in much of a seaway in a small vessel, despite what you claim. Roll, controlled by sail pressure, has very little to do with it. Pitch is the problem. It's like riding a roller coaster--if one isn't belted in to a coaster, the odds of flying out of the car are good. Same with a small vessel cresting waves and then plummeting into the trough of steep, tall waves. And if the sea is confused, no amount of wind pressure on the sails will stop a vessel from rolling violently as well. Add that to the roller coaster effect and you've got your basic Maytag dryer set on high. Of course, in those conditions, the yacht will be sailing off the wind so the period of the waves becomes longer. The vessel will be sailing off the wind only if she is not attempting to claw off and away from a lee shore. Of course then the issue of broaching comes to the fore. Most yachts do best when running with steep waves while towing lines or a sea anchor. Screaming into a trough on the diagonal is a quick and dirty recipe for a broach. The properly sailed small yacht will only be bothered but the breakers atop those huge waves. LOL. You really haven't been there, have you? Those breakers tend to slosh green water into the cockpit, I have found. One must always keep the washboard in and battened down. Those idiot motorvessels seem to be pounding straight into the waves which seems stupid to me. Why don't they fall off a bit and take the waves diagonally. They would have a smoother ride and might even be able to make some headway. Primarily because steeply-pitched waves can roll a planing craft over on its beam ends just after cresting a steep wave, especially if the boat is either relatively short in length or narrow of beam though longer. Of course running with the sea or heading into it can pitchpole a small planing vessel as well. Frankly big, steep waves are no place to be in a smallish powerboat. Max |
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"Capt. Neal®" wrote: Yes, Grandma! Bwahahahhahahhahahahhah! Give them a hug for me. I don't have any children or grandchildren with whom to enjoy Christmas. Bah, humbug! Not until now, at least... ;-) LP |
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Um...I wouldn't let Neal within 100 miles of my granddaughters...
"Lady Pilot" wrote in message news:KLvyd.21925$F25.3634@okepread07... "Capt. Neal®" wrote: Yes, Grandma! Bwahahahhahahhahahahhah! Give them a hug for me. I don't have any children or grandchildren with whom to enjoy Christmas. Bah, humbug! Not until now, at least... ;-) LP |
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"Lady Pilot" wrote in message news:KLvyd.21925$F25.3634@okepread07... "Capt. Neal®" wrote: Yes, Grandma! Bwahahahhahahhahahahhah! Give them a hug for me. I don't have any children or grandchildren with whom to enjoy Christmas. Bah, humbug! Not until now, at least... ;-) LP Yikes! Oh my! Don't think I like the sound of that. Don't tell me you're pregnant. Garn, it couldn't have been me. You couldn't know so soon. It's only been a week or two since we first enjoyed each other's company in bed . . . Gotta think. Mmmmm. Oh boy. Ahhhhhh. Ah HA!, now I think I understand why Moroon has run away and is hiding . . . It's not mine - it's Moroon's. That scoundrel, that scalawag, that cad, that gigolo. A duel, I demand a duel! CN |
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