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Best 34 foot blue water cruiser
'smaller boat can be safer in the sense that a compact cabin doesn't have a
lot of room to fall in the case of a knockdown, and usually has handholds everywhere.' This statement makes sense. I got involved with my 27' sailboat in 40 foot waves. My wife and I were unable to remain inside the cabin. First thing, the boat has to be steered up and down the crests. The boat was not the problem. It's me that was the problem. I was throwing up most of the time and could not hold any food or liquid. I was tied to the cockpit with a plastic bucket between my legs. Most sailboats will survive a severe storm it's the human that cants. I have the impression that if my boat would have been larger I would not have been able to go up and down the 40 foot waves. That does not mean that I do not want a larger boat! "rhys" wrote in message ... On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:41:49 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: On 19 Mar 2004 15:38:47 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote: unless, of course, you are short of bux and worrying because you spent the wad on a BIG boat. ================================================= ===== I have no problem with small boats but no one should ever be misled into believing that they are adequate offshore cruisers. There's no question that people can, and do, go offshore in small boats. That doesn't mean it's a comfortable sail however. It's more like spending a week in a washing machine unless you are blessed with fair weather and down wind conditions. Very good point. There's a lot of quite small boats that can take horrendous storms, can go around Cape Horn, visit the Antarctic and so on. All that's been proved by competent, if masochistic, sailors for several decades. But "able to" and "desirable" are two different things. If all you can afford is a small boat, and it will be 20 years before you can get a 40 footer, by all means emulate the Pardeys and bugger off in something safe and tiny. Don't expect to be always dry and comfortable, and do expect to be slow if cheaper to fix and maintain. Your nautical miles may vary. Actually, when I think about it, a boat has a slower roll and time to grab stuff. It's the mid-range boats that have the worst of both worlds. I was in a Tartan 3700 recently and I thought "wow, nice boat, but in a blow iI would be like a dried seed in an empty gourd in he perfect arm-breaking conditions. But then, most modern saloons seem too much like living rooms to me. R. |
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