"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Keep us informed on your latest exploits as reading your posts is
the next best thing to being able to afford a fine sailboat and having
the means to support family and hobby in style.



Our sailing is very very modest. Mostly daysails with a very local
overnighter now and again. Certainly there are folks who are doing far
more with their boats. Where I am fortunate is that my wife likes
sailing and our first real summer of sailing with our son has been a
supreme joy.
We ask Thomas..."Do you want to go to the zoo?"
"No!" He says
"Do you want to take a bath?" He loves bathes, but says "No!"
"Do you want to go to the boat?"
He smiles everytime and says, "Yes! Boat, boat!!"

Ahhhh.. You must be sooo proud! He sounds more intelligent than his
parents.


Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message ...
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| "Capt. Rob" wrote in message
| ups.com...
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| Keep us informed on your latest exploits as reading your posts is
| the next best thing to being able to afford a fine sailboat and having
| the means to support family and hobby in style.
|
|
|
| Our sailing is very very modest. Mostly daysails with a very local
| overnighter now and again. Certainly there are folks who are doing far
| more with their boats. Where I am fortunate is that my wife likes
| sailing and our first real summer of sailing with our son has been a
| supreme joy.
| We ask Thomas..."Do you want to go to the zoo?"
| "No!" He says
| "Do you want to take a bath?" He loves bathes, but says "No!"
| "Do you want to go to the boat?"
| He smiles everytime and says, "Yes! Boat, boat!!"
|
| Ahhhh.. You must be sooo proud! He sounds more intelligent than his
| parents.
|

At least little Thomas has a mom and a dad. Have you discovered the identity
of your father yet?

Paladin

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Ahhhh.. You must be sooo proud! He sounds more intelligent than his
parents.



LOL, Donal. Are you sailing? We're really having a blast on the 35s5.
In case you missed it, these are the 35s5 pages (4 so far) that I'm
working on.

http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html

RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message ps.com...
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| Ahhhh.. You must be sooo proud! He sounds more intelligent than his
| parents.
|
|
|
| LOL, Donal. Are you sailing? We're really having a blast on the 35s5.
| In case you missed it, these are the 35s5 pages (4 so far) that I'm
| working on.
|
| http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html
|


Good job on the website. I don't particularly care for those window shades
but the rest of the interior looks pretty nice. At the Miami Boat show last
year I talked to a fellow who custom made wooden blinds for yacht windows.
They would look great in the interior of your Beneteau. You have a choice
of woods or plastics. I would choose wood and match it to your interior
finish. They were a bit pricey but a man of your means knows quality is
generally worth the price.

But, looking at the specs reveals a somewhat skimpy ballast to displacement ratio.
Do you find the yacht to be a bit tender or does the beamy hull form stand up
to a gust pretty well/

Paladin

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But, looking at the specs reveals a somewhat skimpy ballast to
displacement ratio.
Do you find the yacht to be a bit tender or does the beamy hull form
stand up
to a gust pretty well/


To be honest, I was expecting a much lighter feeling boat. My
impression when sailing her in 20 knots+ in Florida was that she was
somewhat tender...and she did round up more than once. Now that we've
gotten used to her I think she's stiffer than the C&C 32 was. One of my
friends said, "she feels stiff for a 30 footer" so he at least felt she
was a bit tender for her size.


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message ups.com...
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| But, looking at the specs reveals a somewhat skimpy ballast to
| displacement ratio.
| Do you find the yacht to be a bit tender or does the beamy hull form
| stand up
| to a gust pretty well/
|
|
| To be honest, I was expecting a much lighter feeling boat. My
| impression when sailing her in 20 knots+ in Florida was that she was
| somewhat tender...and she did round up more than once. Now that we've
| gotten used to her I think she's stiffer than the C&C 32 was. One of my
| friends said, "she feels stiff for a 30 footer" so he at least felt she
| was a bit tender for her size.


That last sentence seems to not make a whole lot of sense.

Did you perhaps mean to say something like, "he at least had the
preconceived notion that she was a bit tender for her size?"

Paladin

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Did you perhaps mean to say something like, "he at least had the
preconceived notion that she was a bit tender for her size?"




He felt she WAS tender for her size.

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ps.com...

Ahhhh.. You must be sooo proud! He sounds more intelligent than his
parents.



LOL, Donal. Are you sailing? We're really having a blast on the 35s5.
In case you missed it, these are the 35s5 pages (4 so far) that I'm
working on.

http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html


I must admit that I really like the 35s5.

It is really wasted in the hands of someone who is scared to sail more than
a mile from his slip.




Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:
I must admit that I really like the 35s5.


Why "admit"? Nothing wrong with the boat. Some consider it
funny-looking, and it has the quality issues of any
mass-produced item; but it's a pretty good racer-cruiser.


It is really wasted in the hands of someone who is scared to sail more than
a mile from his slip.


So would a Flying Scot. But then, rememer that Bubbles has
good reasons to be scared of sailing more than a mile from
his slip. It is dangerous for him to be without
air-conditioning or to be out of sight of McDonalds, not to
mention all those well-charted rocks that he manages to hit.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:
I must admit that I really like the 35s5.


Why "admit"? Nothing wrong with the boat. Some consider it
funny-looking, and it has the quality issues of any
mass-produced item; but it's a pretty good racer-cruiser.

Admit?? I guess that I am getting on a bit.

10 years ago I would have died for a 35s5.

Now, as I consider my next vessel, I am thinking about getting a Malo. I
don't *feel* old, but I am beginning to to put comfort before excitement.
Perhaps I am in need of a "mid-life" crisis??


Regards


Donal
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