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Scotty wrote: "Flying Tadpole" wrote ... Only one of those is essential. I should have wrote, ''essential to me''? That would have been a different topic. A tiller lock or loop will keep you going in most directions without having to stand to the tiller. Won't work on a real sailboat with a wheel. OK. I'll accept that. (I also hate wheels). The autopilot will break down when you most need it (and besides, as a single hander, you're supposed to be on watch the whole time). What, you never go potty? never eat while sailing? You forgot, "never sleep". One of the difficulties of singlehanding for any length of time is how one eats, excretes and rests while underway, AT THE SAME TIME keeping the continuous lookout required by colregs While we're at it, get rid of the standing rigging other than for a bit of additional support when in really rough weather. Set the masts up so they can easily be lowered, in a seaway, by one person, to get at halyard jams etc without using a bosun's chair or climbing a pitching/rolling mast. And so on. That would be nice. Someone should build a nice boat with those features. As always, depends on the aesthetic defining "nice". The question was what "easy to handle " meant, not nice... -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- SquareBoats! http://ace.net.au/schooner.sbhome.htm http://music.download.com/timfatchen |
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