This time it is a J-44 sans rudder floating in the Atlantic.

All I know it that an attempt to tow it resulted in the boat
wagging so much they had to drop the tow. The owner
reported he could not steer the boat downwind.

Why didn't he sail upwind?

Bart Senior wrote:
This time it is a J-44 sans rudder floating in the Atlantic.

All I know it that an attempt to tow it resulted in the boat
wagging so much they had to drop the tow. The owner
reported he could not steer the boat downwind.

Why didn't he sail upwind?


Or tear out a bunk & make a jury rudder with it? Why didn't
the tow boat stream some kind of drag behind the boat to
steady it?

There may be more to the story, but it sounds kinda like a
parade of stupidity ending in a lost boat.

A J-44 is nice boat. I'm sure whoever finds it will be very
happy! Maybe this is what Maxprop had in mind when he was
talking about the ever-increasing value of wtarfront
property, you sometimes get free boats?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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Bart Senior wrote:
This time it is a J-44 sans rudder floating in the Atlantic.

All I know it that an attempt to tow it resulted in the boat
wagging so much they had to drop the tow. The owner
reported he could not steer the boat downwind.

Why didn't he sail upwind?


Or tear out a bunk & make a jury rudder with it? Why didn't the tow boat
stream some kind of drag behind the boat to steady it?

There may be more to the story, but it sounds kinda like a parade of
stupidity ending in a lost boat.

A J-44 is nice boat. I'm sure whoever finds it will be very happy! Maybe
this is what Maxprop had in mind when he was talking about the
ever-increasing value of wtarfront property, you sometimes get free boats?

Only if they happen to drift onto your beach.

Max