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Mac26X fit for all waters
"Ed Gordon" wrote in message 8... "KLC Lewis" wrote in et: It's longer than I thought. How about this? Buy the Macs on the US east coast and then go to Australia via Cape Horn. That way it would be westerly winds the whole way. Just stay on the edge of the roaring 40s so it wouldn't be too rough and it would be a milk run the whole way. One could re-provision in South Africa. Going across the Equator south of the Windwards would be the only light wind area. -- Cheerio, Ed Gordon http://www.freewebs.com/egordon873/index.htm Wrong way around Cape Horn in a Mac? A month or more in the roaring 40's and possibly some time in the Furious 50's? Again, going the wrong way? No thanks. While I MIGHT consider rounding Cape Horn in a suitable vessel, I would only want to do it going in the right direction -- west to east. And I am far from convinced that the Mac26 is even close to being a "suitable vessel" for such a crossing. As a business concern, I am assuming you would want to put full coverage insurance on the vessel to protect yourself against total loss. Know any underwriters who will take that gamble on a Mac? Without at least 1 to 1 odds? |
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