My boat is perfect for me. I know that's not what you
wanted to hear, but it's a fact.

SBV


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How about a sailing discussion?

Is there such a thing as a perfect boat?

What characteristics would be paramount, what compromises
would you
make?

Speed? Many different characteristics make a boat "fast,"
light-air
performance, good pointing to windward, ability to plane
off the wind,
etc etc.

Comfort? A roomy cabin, or one with a sumptuous galley &
head... how
about reliable & effective heater and/or air conditioner?

Looks? I'm torn between tradition, say a gaff-rigged
schooner.... and
a racy modern sport boat... both can be very good looking.

What do you think?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

"Scotty" wrote:
My boat is perfect for me. I know that's not what you
wanted to hear, but it's a fact.


I like your boat, too. If it had a self-refilling cooler, it would be
perfect for me too.

DSK

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"Scotty" wrote:
My boat is perfect for me. I know that's not what you
wanted to hear, but it's a fact.


I like your boat, too. If it had a self-refilling cooler,
it would be
perfect for me too.


it does...Lisa.

Perfect boat? Where? When? Who?

Paid for.

Easy. Fun. Sleepable. (After 30 years in the military, I can sleep
in a garbage can rolling down stairs!)

Cookable, even a camp stove.

Everything is relative, nothing is perfect.

If I enjoy it, it is good enough.

So: Fiberglass, 6' headroom, shallow draught, automatic sail tending
(jib boom!), an engine of some sort, room for a companion, or not. A
shower! Air conditioning!

But especially... Bug Screens!

More so, a lightning rod and grounded anchor chain or substitute.

Sandwiches and rum, to sterilize the river water. A cooker for canned
stew and coffee.

A dinghy, for fishing.

My Tyler 29 Bilge keeler is perfect enough!

Merry Christmas,

Terry K

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:36:06 -0800 (PST), Terry K
wrote this crap:

Perfect boat? Where? When? Who?

Paid for.

Easy. Fun. Sleepable. (After 30 years in the military, I can sleep
in a garbage can rolling down stairs!)

Cookable, even a camp stove.

Everything is relative, nothing is perfect.

If I enjoy it, it is good enough.

So: Fiberglass, 6' headroom, shallow draught, automatic sail tending
(jib boom!), an engine of some sort, room for a companion, or not. A
shower! Air conditioning!

But especially... Bug Screens!

More so, a lightning rod and grounded anchor chain or substitute.

Sandwiches and rum, to sterilize the river water. A cooker for canned
stew and coffee.

A dinghy, for fishing.

My Tyler 29 Bilge keeler is perfect enough!

Merry Christmas,

Terry K


Jeez, Terry. You forgot the MOST important thing, especially for us
ex-military. A huge cooler for the beer.


Merry Christmas. Fleas Navidad. Happy Chanakuh. Rabid Ramadan. And
Happy Holidays.

Go Buckeyes!






I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

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Bloody Horvath wrote:
Jeez, Terry. You forgot the MOST important thing, especially for us
ex-military. A huge cooler for the beer.

I believe Terry K is English and does not put his beer in a cooler.

Also, the issue of a self-filling cooler has already been addressed.
Pay attention!

DSK

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Paid for.

Bloody Horvath wrote:
Jeez, Terry. You forgot the MOST important thing, especially for us
ex-military. A huge cooler for the beer.

I believe Terry K is English and does not put his beer in a cooler.

Also, the issue of a self-filling cooler has already been addressed.
Pay attention!

DSK


If you're from California, it would be a self-fulfilling cooler... duhhh

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Must you gay up everything that you post?


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Bloody Horvath wrote:
Jeez, Terry. You forgot the MOST important thing, especially for us
ex-military. A huge cooler for the beer.

I believe Terry K is English and does not put his beer in a cooler.

Also, the issue of a self-filling cooler has already been addressed.
Pay attention!

DSK


If you're from California, it would be a self-fulfilling cooler... duhhh

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:40:21 -0800, "Capt. JG"
wrote this crap:


If you're from California, it would be a self-fulfilling cooler... duhhh


I thought you sissy Californians had to have a wine cooler.





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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:05:52 -0800 (PST), wrote
this crap:

Paid for.

Bloody Horvath wrote:
Jeez, Terry. You forgot the MOST important thing, especially for us
ex-military. A huge cooler for the beer.

I believe Terry K is English and does not put his beer in a cooler.

Also, the issue of a self-filling cooler has already been addressed.
Pay attention!


I have my crew fill the cooler.




I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.