When I consider the time I have put into the present boat, that $100/hr "to see if the boat sucks" would have been the tiniest cost! Yes: thanks...
Fallguy, I was thinking the very same figures. Thanks.
Ah yes: "tyre kickers and dreamers"; I have met a number of these in past boat dealings. I know that my next question is a bit like "how long is a...
I did not think of that. I'll put that one in the data bank for next time! Good idea.
No, the owner wanted me to make an acceptable offer before he'd take us out, to feel the vessel's motion. I said I could not make an offer before...
My boat is relatively beamy at 4.03m, but with flat aft sections, as you noted. The next boat will be longer, similar beam, rounder bilges,...
Re. test drives: I wanted to do just that with a 54' solid fibreglass boat I looked at (with paravanes, over twice the displacement, and round...
Re. Power cat: I have been looking there, too. Are there any makers whose hulls you regard as being suitable for longer blue-water passages?
Bigger, heavier, rounder bilges. Yes to all three.
We feel we have spent enough on her (sound familiar?), and we are getting her ready for sale presently. The utility of the single main cabin, and...
It was the approx. 90° intersection of a 1m and a 1.5m swell; as they interacted, much higher, but transient, waves were encountered, and this is...
And Mr Efficiency's comments I think are spot on, too: if Sb had a heavy mast, or rigging above decks, then the motion should be slowed. I have...
Details of weight and length, etc., in first post. Designed as a Bass Strait cray boat, the original builder extended the wheelhouse, put a...
Seabiscuit (40', 13' beam, 4' draft, 15 tons) is 'tender' or 'lively' in confused seas. The flat aft sections are trying to conform to the...
