Hi

"Jacques Mertens" wrote in message ...
Respect for the sea doesn't mean that passive safety should be an
overwhelming priority in choosing a boat or a design, that's what I wanted
to say.

Now if a junior in a boxy Optimist capsize usealy nothing bad happen
except some wet clotches, but if some 60 year old stand up in the 8
feet dinghie at a cold evening with a bit wind , the boat will soon
drift away before the guy reach the surface again, and if you prepare
a jurney with the clotches you would use for a ride on a bike or think
you can use clotches that will soak and get heavy in water , you are
not preparing any passive safety, realy _that_ is where you shuld
remember the "respect" ; with those small things ,like knowing that
you can proberly not alone get back on land while after a short time
in cold water you lost your pover, and can not maneage alone.
What I want to say is, that it is strange spending lots of money on
trivial everyday things , and still have a life jacket that is 20
years old that you never tried if realy work and is impossible to tie
right. ------- As when you are there in the water, you only can think
_one thing at a time_ if you even can think, and things must be _easy
and work.

P.C.

On 9 Nov 2003 22:29:10 -0800, (Peter Ward) wrote:

Greetings all, I'm considering building a kit Stornaway Weekender
www.scruffie.com as a teethcutting exercise; my primary objective is
to get a handle on the bedrock principles of 'seaworthiness'.

From random reading I've formed the impression that the Bristol
Channel Pilot Cutter is the epitome of a seaworthy design. Colin
Archer designs seem to get the big tick also.

What I'm seeking is advice on the most 'seaworthy' yacht design
available for a vessel under 35'. Becuase of the apparent advantages
of heavy displacement & relative ease of fairing, I'm also considering
a ferro hull ...any comments/observations on the pros/cons would be
much appreciated.

I've foundy the following salty site quite useful in terms of Aussie
no-bull**** plain talking:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/coast...rocruising.htm


The most bedrock principle is the need for a capable crew. An archaic
design may make you feel salty, but that isn't the same thing.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC

Let's Put the XXX back in Xmas

Rodney Myrvaagnes ) writes:

The most bedrock principle is the need for a capable crew. An archaic
design may make you feel salty, but that isn't the same thing.

That is the assessment I read of Joshua Slocam and Spray, an ordinary
east coast lobster boat, and extrodinary sailor with a lifetime of
ocean sailing experience. I think also luck since the life expectancy of
sailors was low in his day.

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