Capt.Mooron wrote:
Let's face it.... there is nothing of note in design nor lines on the
C&C.... From stem to stern it has the character of a margarine
container..... and I don't care how much fancy veneer you put inside that
container.


Oh, I dunno. The fancy veneer does make it look nicer, but it doesn't
change the nature of the boat.


Now I'm not saying it's a bad vessel... it's not. It seems to suit the type
of sailing you do, you seem to like it..... and that's all that counts.


Yeah, but that's not enough for Boobsie. He has to try to get other
people's attention, to compensate for the fact that his mother didn't
love him when he was little.


Now as far as taking that plastic offshore like Doug .... don't think about
it... Doug has wa-a-a-a-a-y-y-y-y-y more experience sailing than you do.


Boobsie will never go anywhere off the edge of his Texaco road map. Not
a problem for him.



Now to give you perspective... my buddy sailed a 29 Bayfield across the
Atlantic. He ran into a 50+kt gale before making landfall in the Azores.
Although he weathered the storm without too much problems... 2 French
vessels of over 35 ft suffered serious damage and one was dismasted.


50 knots is a tough wind, but it is the sea state that really damages
boats & crew IMHO. Was the dismasted boat rolled?

DSK