Capt. Neal® wrote:
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message oups.com...
| Why do you think my boat is faster than yours in a breeze, at all
| points of sail?
|
| BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LOL!!!!
| Let us know when you get a real sailboat!

Too ignorant to answer a simple question?

Jeff might have one of those inherently dangerous catamarans that are more
stable upside down than rightside up but at least Jeff has been known to sail
his vessel hundreds of miles (and perhaps up to a thousand miles) from his home
port. This makes him at least twice as brave and many times more of a sailor
than you will ever be even in your wildest dreams.


Thank you for the kind words, Neal. As for flipping, you know, of
course, that there have been very, very few occurrences of that in
cruising cats. And interesting aspect is that it has never happened
under bare poles. The stability of a cat can give a false sense of
security, leading some people to stay over canvassed. For my boat,
which is a tad under rigged, the capsize point with full sail is 45
knots of wind.

And yes, we've been more than 1000 miles from home, from Boston south
to Key West, and north to Toronto and Bar Harbor. We've used the
boat less the last few years, but still got out for 6 weeks this year.
I figure we've slept on board for about 600 nights away from home.
And we don't seem to need A/C!

A friend returned from wintering in Newfoundland (!) and got me
thinking: If we sailed around Nova Scotia one summer we could leave
the boat around Cape Brenton or maybe in Sydney for the winter. The
next year we could hop over to Newfoundland for a summer, and them
return to Sydney. The third summer perhaps go up the St. Lawrence and
through Lake Champlain to return. How's that sound for a plan?

Here's some of my friend's pics of Newfoundland:
http://liveaboard.sv-moonshadow.com/...004/index.html
and their sailing site:
http://liveaboard.sv-moonshadow.com/mnshdw.htm