This summer she's wearing this:...
seriously though... My first choice is always to find a nice place to belly up and wait it out. My second choice is always to run for deep...
If I'm out there to work... Go surfing!!!
water ballast ... motor ... sails ... self righting ... easily modified to class 3A requirements ... and I like it!!!...
Seems to me that - as per usual - this thread has got off track. We have here a gentleman thats chasing input on a CRUISING boat to operate...
YEAH!!! The popular myth of cruising the South Pacific in a trading schooner. Only problem is - IT'S A MYTH!!! What we have here is a...
Okay, that narrows it down a bit. Parts of the world with which I am very familiar there. Some of the best cruising grounds in the world if you...
That's a bit like asking what the best car is for driving... it will depend on where you plan to go. You wont need a four wheel drive on the...
Back on topic I've always been a fan of split rigs on any non-race boat. My own choice is ketch on any hull over about the low 40's in length,...
I personally like the older classifications of SA (sail auxillary) and AMV (auxillary motor vessel), both of which are motorsailers but it gives a...
Yes I understand that. Here isn't that different. I was blacklisted out of an area of the industry here as a troublemaker for my stance on the...
Under maritime law the decision as to whether to put a vessel to sea resides with the master not with the owners and/or agents. Because should the...
Thanks all. I appreciate your willingness to answer what must seem like idiot questions, most of which you seem to have answered before. Much...
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And on rudders.. Propellors push water, rudders only direct it a little. Thats why on a game boat when you need manoverability you face...
oops.. I see someone has already raised this as an option. Regarding hydraulics.... if you worry about them on a boat, never ever go aboard a...
Think outside the square. Without reading the entire thread through consider this: Have your main run a hydraulic pump and have this in turn...
Are there any of the hull design programs that can draw the vessel by loading in a table of offsets? I'm about to start playing with these...
Thanks Brent Now that one of the truest takes on efficiency I've ever heard. And I'd rather rebuild the engine every 12 k hours or so then...
thanks Sharpii2 1. Yep... I agree. But a mid 50's hull with a beam of 12', a draft of 5'6" at a laden displacement of 20 t does not have the...