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Blue Water Motor Sailing????
Thats because your a Putz and have never motor sailed. Motor Sailers
are the ultimate Blue Water Cruisers. Never be-calmed and always able to forge ahead at a pace the master set. Joe MSV RedCloud |
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"Blue water sailing" to me means open ocean. Not island hopping. Not
coastal cruising. But rather, being somewhere where your skills, judgment and equipment rule the day. Not depending upon others for rescue, for instance. A Coronado is not a blue water boat. Can peeps sail it across oceans? Sure, if they have a death wish. They may even make it alive! But that boat was not designed for 'blue water' sailing. Can't take serious weather, can't survive a real pounding. A motorsailing boat can be considered 'blue water'. If it has a stiff rig, strongly built, redundant systems, etc. Any real open ocean sailing I have done includes running the engine if we can't sail above 5 knots on wind alone, or even if we just need to point a little higher in order to stay close to on course. To just sit there and sail any slower is inviting potential disaster. Weather will catch up with you. And that may not be a problem for us hardy sailors, but not everyone has crew as hardy as me. Some have women and children (or men) that are not very experienced, and can't be counted on during a blow. And what about schedules? In the real world, people have schedules to keep. You must maintain speed in order to keep to somewhat of a schedule. So to me 'blue water' means a type of sailing, or a type of situation, not a type of boat. -- Captain Lon "Rock stars! Is there anything they don't know?" Homer Simpson "Joshua Slocum" wrote in message ... http://www.bwsailing.com/ This is a disgrace. What's become of the term 'blue water sailing' when a magazine named "Blue Water Sailing" features motorsailers? Never can a motorsailer be considered a blue water boat. They sail like pigs and once the fuel runs out they're dangerous to their occupants. I just can't imagine even wanting to be blue water sailing while having to listen to the noise and smell of an engine. And, they call this progress... Fair winds, Capt. Josh -- "You must then know the sea and know that you know it and not forget that it was meant to be sailed over." |
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On 11 Apr 2005 06:49:33 -0700, "Joe" wrote
this crap: Thats because your a Putz and have never motor sailed. Motor Sailers are the ultimate Blue Water Cruisers. Never be-calmed and always able to forge ahead at a pace the master set. Joe MSV RedCloud I nominate this for, "stupidest post of the week." This post is 100% free of steroids |
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Your awlful chipper!
I guess the news they may allow silicone breast implants again has you all excited. Joe |
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