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    Favorite rough weather technique

    This summer she's wearing this:...
    Post by: john.G, Dec 9, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Favorite rough weather technique

    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...
    Post by: john.G, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Favorite rough weather technique

    If I'm out there to work... Go surfing!!!
    Post by: john.G, Dec 8, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    A bluewater, ocean going water ballasted matorsailer. Why not?

    water ballast ... motor ... sails ... self righting ... easily modified to class 3A requirements ... and I like it!!!...
    Post by: john.G, Jul 30, 2009 in forum: Motorsailers
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    whats the best design for cruising??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, Jul 7, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    whats the best design for cruising??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, Jul 7, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    whats the best design for cruising??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    whats the best design for cruising??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, Jun 21, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Why a Yawl or Ketch instead of a sloop

    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,...
    Post by: john.G, Jun 4, 2009 in forum: Boat Design
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    Defining a motorsailor

    I personally like the older classifications of SA (sail auxillary) and AMV (auxillary motor vessel), both of which are motorsailers but it gives a...
    Post by: john.G, May 12, 2009 in forum: Motorsailers
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    Sink or Swim??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, May 8, 2009 in forum: Multihulls
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    Sink or Swim??

    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...
    Post by: john.G, May 7, 2009 in forum: Multihulls
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    Offset tables

    Thanks all. I appreciate your willingness to answer what must seem like idiot questions, most of which you seem to have answered before. Much...
    Post by: john.G, May 7, 2009 in forum: Software
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    Thoughts on a rig please???

    Thanks.
    Post by: john.G, May 7, 2009 in forum: Sailboats
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    Single engine / dual shafts?

    And on rudders.. Propellors push water, rudders only direct it a little. Thats why on a game boat when you need manoverability you face...
    Post by: john.G, May 5, 2009 in forum: Boat Design