By the way I'd generally prefer a boat to a floating house. The house will be more comfortable normally, but I like to take a weekend away as...
As one who has been there, I'd say living aboard/houseboat is a viable alternative. It is not necessarily a less expensive choice. In the same way...
I agree with Par to the extent that bigger is better. More comfortable, faster, generally more seaworthy. Tank testing has shown that no design is...
I agree LR few boats of that size can get to windward usefully in a gale. There are a few that can though. In smaller vessels the relationship...
There are a lot of designs out there. This is a popular size, 18 to 25 feet. More attention needs to be given for the elements of seaworthiness...
A lot of fishing vessels and displacement power boats here in B.C. have bilge keels or rolling chocks, as they are often referred to. Some of...
Short steep seas describes most near coastal waters, whether on the Great Lakes, Chesapeake, or Salish Sea. Shallow water exaggerates the...
gaff rig Lots of variations in the gaff rig.... Long gaffs / short gaffs High peaked / low peaked bald / topsail L F Herreshoff did a lot of...
Richard, I have specifically avoided commenting on the specific boats in the photo's. I think any unsubstantiated conjecture without at least a...
If you go to a web site called boatnerd. in addition to lots of photos of Lake Freighters and tugs and work boats there is a few hundred pictures...
thanks Tad, it kind of confirms my point when you have to go back to 1934 and 1940. I never suspected there were no losses. I have trolled...
converted Canadian Fish Tug http://www.flickr.com/photos/54416556@N04/5147131597/ If I have done it correctly this is a photo of a Great Lakes...
I am not disagreeing, but suggesting there are other ways to skin a cat..... First a comment on the general form....These boats are deep V bottom,...
I am not interested in studying the photo's and trying to assess the boats shown. way too little information and no way of verifying suppositions....
I find it interesting that a lot of you really knowledgeable guys, are falling into the trap of dissing something you obviously don't know...
