"Scout" wrote
Yesterday, while sitting in the jury marshalling room, waiting to be
plucked into service, I was able to read Gerry Speiss' "Alone Against The
Atlantic" in which he describes how he designed, built, tested, and then
managed to cross an ocean in his 10' sailboat. Absolutely puny! My boat
was twice that size!


Well, how come you didn't sail across the Atlantic twice, then?

Actually your boat may have displaced less.

Scout wrote:
some pics of Spiess' "Yankee Girl" http://marlinbree.com/work6.htm


Marlin Bree's boat is very nice.

http://tinyurl.com/9odmj
or
http://www.sailboatowners.com/db/pho...=7322723 5189

DSK