On Sep 4, 6:05 pm, wrote:
Bobsprit wrote:


BTW, since you claim to have sailed the A28, please explain how the
jib boom was in your way on the boat?

It's in the way of anybody who tries ot work on the foredeck.

..... I have never heard this

it is like I said earlier, jib booms are for people who
don't know how to use downwind sails. Swabbie
Robbie, has never flown a spinnaker, or he would
know that a jib boom is a huge tripping hazard.


complaint before on a boat designed for sailors to sail from the
cockpit.

Maybe they never docked or anchored the boat. How about you?

BTW I've not only sailed the Shumacher designed Alerion Express 28,
but an original Herreshoff Alerion, and I had a chance to chat briefly
with Carl Shumacher about comparing the designs, back when it was a
new boat. Oh wait, that's dropping names again isn't it? Sorry.

DSK

Slam. You got him good again Doug.