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1) If your boat has no swim platform...great for a dinghys, swimming,
family fun and diving...you own JUNK!!!!!!! Most swim platforms aren't big enough for a real dinghy, and are actually quite dangerous in anything but a flat, glass-like sea state. 3) If your boat has bunks 6'6 or shorter you own badly designed JUNK!!!!! Depends on what you need. I'm only 5'4", so why would I care to own bunks a foot longer than I am tall... I'd rather have more storage space than longer bunks. In fact, when on open ocean, large bunks, like those found on a Bennie 35s5, are often uncomfortable and dangerous... too much room means you can't secure yourself in rough conditions. But since you rarely leave the LI Sound, or the dock for that matter, it probably isn't important to you. What you have/want is a floating condo, rather than a proper sailboat. 4) If your boat is 30 feet LOA or larger and lacks a proper aft cabin you own dated JUNK!!!! Aft cabins can be good, but some are quite poorly implemented. Center cockpits can be problematic with efficient steering gear. 5) If your boat has a puny wheel sized like the one on a Express 30 or 35 you own JUNK! Some wheels are oversized because the steering system is poorly designed, and because of the poor design, a larger wheel is needed to give you leverage. I personally prefer a tiller. It is more responsive, and takes up far less room in the cockpit. 7) If your boat has a tiny head with no room you own JUNK!!!! If you're full of enough sh!t, then the largest head will not have enough room for you. 8) If your boat's lazerette can't handle a 10' foot dinghy, 5 sail bags without using half the space you own JUNK!!!! Again, this is all quite subjective. Let's face it. Most of you are frauds. You bought cheap crappy boats (Sloco). Or you caved and bought a Trawler (Doug). Or you gave up and bought a cat (Jeff). Or you own some slow slug-like beast that can't sail out it's own way and needs a bow thruster to tack. What is fraudulent about a catamaran. For some sailing, a multihull makes far more sense than a monohull. In most cases, the cost of the boat, the size of the boat, the finish of the furnishings on the boat have very little to do with the quality of the person sailing the boat. For someone who has to scream so often about how good your boat is, I must wonder, what kind of sailor you truly are. |
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