NE Sailboat wrote:
Am I missing something?

I think I figured it out, pasted below is from Ken's site...

I am betting we will find that the boat rolled past 90 degrees
(110-120), stayed that way about 20 to 40 seconds, during which time
the above decks were scourged, flooding occured, engine failed, Ken
crapped his pants wondering if his boat was ever going to stand upright
again.
All because Ken [and Mr. Perry, who is that anyway?] thought they knew
better than Mr. Griffiths, and sawed off the stabalizer plates...
I also bet Mr. Perry is feeling a bit blush right about now...

tom
p.s. I have one of the few non-shoalkeel Maurice Griffiths designs; 42
LOD, 11.96 RTons, 6'draft, kanwara is her name
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From " http://www.kensolo.com/TheBoat.htm "

finally found the boat I ended up with in Brunswick, GA and trucked
her to the west coast. She is a Maurice Griffiths designed 44'
staysail ketch built in Gozo, Malta by Terry Erskine steel yachts in
1993. She has a round chine and a 6' bowsprit. She was originally
designed as what is known as a bilge keel boat with a full keel and 16
s.f. plates on each side of the keel to allow her to stay upright when
the tide ebbs.

I had these cut off after talking with designer, Robert Perry

who agreed they were 400 lbs. each with a lot of wetted surface and
useless for my plans. She draws 5'6" and has a beam of 12' 3"
and comes in at about 50,000 lbs fully loaded for this trip. For the
last 3 + years I have been outfitting her for her new task.
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NE Sailboat wrote:
Roger ,, I took a look at this . I don't know Ken Barnes, or anything about
Ken Barnes.

But ... when I looked at the pictures, I kept thinking why isn't the Captain
( Ken ) trying to get his boat to some port?

Couldn't he rig some sort of sail? Or, couldn't he get some help doing some
type of repair on site?

It just doesn't seem right for some reason. This boat was equipped to sail
around the world. I'm assuming that it is a very well constructed, well
equipped, strong, yacht.

Am I missing something?


Also,, what of this Ken Barnes. Is he a very able sailor? Has he done
other long trips?

Tell me where I am off course.


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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS.

http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml

Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a
very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to
tow it in.

--
Roger Long