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Scotty wrote:

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Doug once claimed that 1st series boats had small cockpits
and Thom
continues to labor under that delusion. Here are the
facts....

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/suzy2weby.jpg


looks cramped with only 3 people.

Sudsy looks like a bus driver.

The wheel takes up a lot of room! Yet again, no PFDs... sigh....

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Capt. JG @@
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Capt. Rob wrote:
Doug once claimed that 1st series boats had small cockpits and Thom
continues to labor under that delusion. Here are the facts....

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/suzy2weby.jpg

The Heart of Gold cockpit is plenty long. Note that Julia and Thomas
sit side by side. Thomas is crosslegged and there is still room for
another person. The cockpit seats 5-6 easily plus the helmsman and
thats without using the WIDE coamings which further add to the space.
Side decks blend into the coamings (and become level when heeled). As
you can see it makes for nice additional space. Suzanne at the helm
gives an indication of how nice this area is. There is plenty of room
and the high side seating works perfectly. No matter where you are, the
wheel is at your fingerstips. The wheel does carve up space a bit, but
I can still stretch out in the cockpit. Visibility on deck is
fantastic. Behind her and out of sight is the large swim platform. Our
friend, Karen is sitting back there, dragging her dainty feet in the
water and slowing us down!
Storage is beyond excellent. Suzanne is standing on the aft lazzerette,
which is huge due to the lack of a cable based steering system. The
port side storage is shallow because of the aft cabin, but starboard
side is the biggest I've ever seen on ANY boat up to 40 feet.
Perfect amount of space and security for Thomas. Wonderful room for
guests. Fantastic "big boat" sailing feel at the helm with the awesome
R&P steering system.
Later this week, probably Wednesday, we're taking 11 people out. I'll
post pics with the 35s5 cockpit showing that it CAN'T handle 11 people!
Luckily deckspace is also great.

Heart of Gold ROCKS!


RB
35s5
NY

I've never seen a loose footed sail with a shelf. What's that all
about? And what are the lines leading aft by Suzys feet on each side of
the cockpit? And what is that black spot at the base of the binnaccle?
Why do you need 12 cam cleats?

Joe

I've never seen a loose footed sail with a shelf. What's that all
about? And what are the lines leading aft by Suzys feet on each side of

the cockpit? And what is that black spot at the base of the binnaccle?
Why do you need 12 cam cleats?


I don't know much about this main. It's mylar and partially designed by
the last owner. It's being replaced by a dacron main from Doyle at the
end of this season.
The lines by her feet control the backstay. They lead inside the deck.
The black spot is my camera bag...a safe spot for it!
Lines in the cleats a
1) Main halyard
2) Spin Halyard
3) Jib 1
4) Jib 2
5) Mainsheet
6) boom vang
7) Topping lift
8) Reefing line

Not all are in use presently.


RB
35s5
NY

Hey Nutsy,

About the free footed sail & shelve:------

Only can you have a shelve with a free footed main. No one has ever seen
a shelve that wasn't on a free footed Main. There is a school of
thought that a free footed main will develop air turbulence at the foot,
so they closed off the bottom with a shelve.

I've had both shelved and un-shelved, I can't tell the difference.

The biggest difference was sailing in the rain. The shelve was (is) a
great rain catcher. You don't want to be on the down side during a tack.
Gallons of water are dumped into the cockpit.




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:19 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Big snip

Not all are in use presently.


RB
35s5
NY

Did you mean "presently" or "at present".
Just wondering.
Mark E. Williams

Did you mean "presently" or "at present".



Do you mean to put everyone to sleep?
Way to screw up a fun troll, dude.


RB
35s5
NY

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
On 7 Aug 2006 06:30:19 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote:
Big snip
Not all are in use presently.


Did you mean "presently" or "at present".
Just wondering.
Mark E. Williams

"Presently" means "at present" when used in the present tense. This
is the older and still more common use of the word. When used in the
future tense, it means "in a little while." For example: "Bob is
presently a buffoon, presently he will be a bigger buffoon."

"Jeff" wrote in

.." "Bob is
presently a buffoon, presently he will be a bigger
buffoon."

I didn't think it possible.

SV

That's why the 35s5 uses the smallest dodger available for any boat its
size:

http://www.newjsi.com/east%20coast.aspx

looks cramped with only 3 people.



Scott Vermon can't even count!


RB
35s5
NY