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Bombigher vs. Bruce Roberts
Indeed some BR are boxy and some others aren't. For a designer who has so
much model to choose from we need to say which one. After ready a few tales about sailor caught in gigantic surf around NZ and Australia, most of them wanted to slow their boat using warps, drogues and even parachute. Unless someone is a first hand sailor trained on 60feet surfing maxi beast, i'm not sure that it is a big difference to go 7.5 instead of 8.0 knots with a 38 LWL (for a given 40 some feet LOA). Of course if you're stuck at 5 knots because someone doesn't know how to hoist a sail and trim it is another problem. It all depend on the navigation program. Some people want to go fast and i agree, other want safety. I valuate your opinion but i don't know what boxy means. For my education, do you think that this design is boxy or functional ? :: http://www.langevin.biz/marinette34/next_boat.htm André "DSK" wrote in message ... André Langevin wrote: Those Bombigher are beautiful boats for someone with a sentimental heart but i would never go on the ocean in north atlantic neither out of the trade wins with a boat like this. The first knock down and you loose everything over the deck. I agree that the Bombigher designs are not the "ultimate heavy weather" vessel but what sailboat is totally immune to knockdowns? Please think in advance as to where you want to go. Document yourself about the ships that made it before. Talk with people that have been in hard weather because it could happen to you as well. And probably your design will change thereafter. Agreed, and add that you should take the time to do some hard weather sailing yourself. Nothing like being there. I'm planning a circumnavigation and lot of cruising and after many months looking at different boats and characteristics, reading Adlard Coles, Dashews on bad weather and other things, documenting on many accident at sea... i am still confident i could do it in a conventional boat like a Roberts 43 but built in steel or aluminum and be equiped to be able to sustain 2 feet of water over the deck for day long without leaking a single drop in... That's more a function of how the deck is built & how the hardware & fittings are installed... after a few years, it will be a matter of how well the boat is maintained. I don't particularly like Bruce Roberts designs because they are boxy & slow, and a lot of effort is exerted to make them "salty looking" instead of truly seaworthy... such as having a high LPS, etc. Two points to bear in mind when discussing "seaworthyiness:" fatigue is the greatest enemy of the offshore sailor, and there is no way that the design and/or construction of *any* vessel will ever protect you from that deadly hazard of heavy weather offshore, getting konked in the head by a can of soup. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Bombigher vs. Bruce Roberts
André Langevin wrote:
Indeed some BR are boxy and some others aren't. For a designer who has so much model to choose from we need to say which one. That's sure to be true, after all I am not familiar with each & every Bruce Roberts design. However, all the ones I have seen (including a fin keel racer-cruiser) look rather boxy to my eye. Maybe some are more so than others Unless someone is a first hand sailor trained on 60feet surfing maxi beast, i'm not sure that it is a big difference to go 7.5 instead of 8.0 knots with a 38 LWL (for a given 40 some feet LOA). There more difference than that between a heavy full keeled boat & a lightweight speedy one. 60ft maxis have been known to break 20 knots, and hit the teens regularly. Of course, when the weather & sea state become terrible then the problem is to slow down, which the heavy boats are much better at! ... Of course if you're stuck at 5 knots because someone doesn't know how to hoist a sail and trim it is another problem. It all depend on the navigation program. Some people want to go fast and i agree, other want safety. I don't see an inherent conflict between speed & safety. A fast boat can be just as safe... or more so... than a slow one. I valuate your opinion but i don't know what boxy means. For my education, do you think that this design is boxy or functional ? :: http://www.langevin.biz/marinette34/next_boat.htm Heh heh ... next you'll want me to criticise some mother's child, right? From that angle, it's a nice looking boat. Is it a hard chine hull? I don't happen to like raised aft decks, too piratey-looking, but that's personal taste. Fresh BReezes- Doug King |
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