Pushing a boat too hard

[gonzo]

This is what I do to boats. Beating into the weather for weeks:

[mizzenman]

So is this the mast area?

Plastic boats are scary but maybe thats just my prejudice.

Beating into weather? The stem damage was caused by a hard object, it seems - a dock? It looks like an obtuse blow and it left a little rotten dock wood on the putty, smeared the paint into the cement, in fact. I don't see anything that suggests mast area. The damage to the hatch area seems totally unrelated. How does one patch ferro-cement - if that's what this is?

[Landlubber]

....emmm, I too expanded the pics, I would be very concerned about this boat too mate....this damage is NOT because you were beating to wind for a few weeks, this damage is about a boat that has some serious construction problems.........

[Paul B]

Originally Posted by Landlubber

....this damage is about a boat that has some serious construction problems.........

Actually the bow damage photo appears to be a sacrifical "false" bow that would be easily damaged in a collision but not damage the actual structure of the boat.

If it isn't, then yes there seems to be a major design/construction issue.


Regardless, the whole premise of the thread is bizarre, "Look how tough I am, I can break a boat."

[Landlubber]

Paul B,

Yeah I read it that way at first too, then let it go, but if that is what he is saying, them he has a lot to learn both about the sea and boats and seamanship in general.....

My guess about that "sacrificial bow" is that it is a cement boat and that is just putty up there to make a shape. Hard to say - Maybe he can enlighten us. But that damage to hatch area is telling about the construction, in general.

[TeddyDiver]

Maybe the helmsman was asleep Anyway reckon anybody being tired after beating closehauled for weeks

[Itchy&Scratchy]

Have you guys not read any of Gonzo's posts before.

He obviously knows more than a lot about boats , probably more than most on here.


Itchy

[souljour2000]

I have no doubt Gonzo knows a good bit about boats...but from the photos it is hard for one to avoid the question of whether his type of sailing lately is causing stress conditions/damage that perhaps the boat was not designed to undergo...

That boat...was designed to be a birdbath. This thread was a joke, I think.

[TeddyDiver]

Originally Posted by mark775

This thread was a joke, I think.

Think you right.. but heard that happened at ms Piggy's watch..

[powerabout]

looks like the hull is made from bog not fibreglass

[RHP]

I would appreciate Sean Herron´s inspiration on this.....

[messabout]

I think that Gonzo is pulling our chain.

I also suspect that he may be running from the law because of failure to pay alimony. He does travel around a lot doesn't he? (just joking Gonzo)