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"Swab Rob" wrote
Fatter than Mooron's, Scotty's, Jeff's, Stevie's, Loco's,
Katy's,
Joe's, Neal's and so on!!!

Booo hooo!

RB

More like yellow, in the slip.

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"Swab Rob" wrote
would certainly hope your vessel is faster than mine..... in
the
harbour!
Let's go play in a big sea way and see how she handles with
that sugar
scoop
transom! :-)

I think the 35s5 will still be faster, but I might turn bright
green
around the gills proving it!

I'd rather have a slow 'real' boat than a fast imaginary one any
day.

Scotty

"rgnmstr" wrote in message
oups.com...
Faster than Mooron's, Scotty's, Jeff's, Stevie's, Loco's,
Katy's,
Joe's, Neal's and so on!!!

Ugh ......... we don't know that. What rig is in the boat?
What keel?
There's about a 25 second per mile difference between those
boats
depending on what it has. Now I know you know what interior is
in it
but .................

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"Swab Rob" wrote
The problem
is that Suzanne is working and we have Thomas, who's 13 months
old.
Suzanne works nights. It's just not possible for me to be gone
for two
weeks

BWAHahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahah

funniest, lamest thing I've read all year!

Hoo Haa

Scotty

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
would certainly hope your vessel is faster than mine..... in the
harbour!
Let's go play in a big sea way and see how she handles with that sugar
scoop
transom! :-)

I think the 35s5 will still be faster, but I might turn bright green
around the gills proving it!

Would be fun to try though. I've sailed in heavy sea states with a few
larger, light to moderate displacement boats and found Overproof really has
no problem maintaining pace with the larger boats. I don't know if it's the
mass or design... but she maintains a steady speed under a larger canvas and
is well mannered in even the roughest seas. The easier your vessel handles a
rough sea the less taxing it is on the crew..... but again that only
matters if that is where you sail.

Remember Bob..... fast is nice, but seriously.... we're talking a few knots
which only matter if you are racing..... and you won't be racing with the
little one aboard. I think it's a nice design for what you have in mind. I'd
like to see how it compares to the Niagara 35. I raced against one several
times in Charity Races and beat them 2 out of 3 with a line honours on one
race. [Qualifier- down wind in 36 knots gusting to 45+... Overproof was the
only vessel in the fleet capable of sailing dead down wind with full canvas.
Everyone else had to broad reach, reefed hard.]

Good Luck with the boat.

CM

"Captain Joe Redcloud" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:32:47 GMT, "Scotty"
wrote:

I'd rather have a slow 'real' boat than a fast imaginary one
any
day.

Scotty

Your wish is granted!

Are you a fairy?

Scotty wrote:
I'd rather have a slow 'real' boat than a fast imaginary one any
day.

Yeah, but that's because you have a real life in the real world.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
I'd rather have a slow 'real' boat than a fast imaginary one any
day.

Yeah, but that's because you have a real life in the real world.

DSK

Damn Doug, I thought this was the real world. Shoulda taken the blue pill.

John Cairns

Capt.Mooron wrote:
Let's go play in a big sea way and see how she handles with that sugar
scoop
transom! :-)

Why would a 'sugar scoop' transom be a problem in a seaway, given
mostly-competent design & construction of the boat?

"Capt. Rob" wrote
I think the 35s5 will still be faster, but I might turn bright green
around the gills proving it!

Would be fun to try though. I've sailed in heavy sea states with a few
larger, light to moderate displacement boats and found Overproof really has
no problem maintaining pace with the larger boats.

That's because they were either not fast boats to begin with, or because
they were incompetently sailed.

On it's best day, your boat is going to have a very hard time putting in
200+ miles days, which should be easily achievable with a racier boat in
good driving conditions.

When it gets up to survival conditions, your boat probably does have edge.

... The easier your vessel handles a
rough sea the less taxing it is on the crew..... but again that only
matters if that is where you sail.

Ageed.

Remember Bob..... fast is nice, but seriously.... we're talking a few knots
which only matter if you are racing.....

And not even then if you have a fair handicap.

... and you won't be racing with the
little one aboard.

Or at all, really.

But there's no reason why a *good* sailing family wouldn't include
toddlers on board. I've seen it done fairly often.

..I think it's a nice design for what you have in mind. I'd
like to see how it compares to the Niagara 35. I raced against one several
times in Charity Races and beat them 2 out of 3 with a line honours on one
race. [Qualifier- down wind in 36 knots gusting to 45+... Overproof was the
only vessel in the fleet capable of sailing dead down wind with full canvas.
Everyone else had to broad reach, reefed hard.]

Would you call a Niagra 35 a "light to moderate displacement" boat? It's
SA/D is a whopping 16 and the D/L is 350! Very nice boat, but hardly
what anybody is going to consider "racy."

As for going DDW in a blow, it can be done... and is done... pretty
regularly by good racing crews, unless it's faster to reach. Shucks,
I've raced Lightnings and 470s, including a few memorable spinnaker
runs, in winds north of 40 knots. It's fun!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Suzanne works nights so she won't have to sleep with me.