I know the Mini 230 is a lot smaller than the 2.4, but looking at it one thinks that the beamy "open" style could be much slower for this type of...
2.4 Metre
More recent pics show the same rudder. She is a much narrower boat than the current Opens so may have no need for twin rudders.
The early Open 60 Thursdays Child had one. http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%2060%27/thursdayschild10-lg.jpg Opens now use twin...
The point is that people like Coutts justified the change to faster boats by saying there would be bigger fleets and more viewers. They chose...
Just a word to the OP - the Junk Rig Association site wrongly denigrates other rigs (to the stage where some JRA people basically say things about...
Sure, but the "spectacular and extreme" approach was justified by the claim that it would get extra viewers. If it hasn't done that - and working...
The 14 looks to have some nice touches, but a couple of points concern me. One is the trolley concept;. trying to get the screws (or whatever they...
Interesting, and it seems to be very plausible. I'm not sure about the article's claim that once the general media saw the cats, there was no way...
There may have been some differing opinions or attitudes, because several articles about the GC32 referred to "several" circuits. For example,...
C'mon there R, a bit of compassion, please. For people including the friends of the crew, the owner, potentially the people involved in the...
It looks as if Bataan's Bertie has capsized at the end of a circumnavigation. Wooden Boat Capsizes During Last Leg of Circumnavigation...
They were about 1400 miles from land. I'd call that a reasonably big deal. It's hard to step to a dock in mid-Pacific. Boat is now gone, crew...
The Elliott 50 Ran Tan II is losing her keel in mid Pacific. Rescue on the way. The loss rate of canting keels is even worse than that of modern...
It's just that Doug has a record of linking to an article as evidence for his views and then later, when someone refers to the same article,...
What about starting by buying DF65s? They are $200 or less ready to roll with one rig. Can you use them to develop a benchmark and possibly...
Excuse me Doug, but a few days ago I trusted one of your links and put up some information from it. You then put up insulting posts saying that I...
Wow - nice work!
So Doug, how about an answer? Is the information about the cost of the Figaro foils that you linked to TWICE correct, or not? Why do you make...
