... Hi Seer Appreciate your comments. But no, not necessarily - I carry a conventional outboard on my baby yacht principally for getting on and off moorings...
When we had a mini tornado come through the fleet during a regatta a few years ago, the only boats that could go to windward were the ones with diesels. The...
... few years ago, the only boats that could go to windward were the ones with diesels. ... of the boats with OBMs to go anywhere, except where the wind blew...
ok, now i'm going to qualify what i'm about to say by telling you none of this is theory, none of this is armchair pondering, its all based on what i've...
Moro em Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brasil Tem alguem velejando por aqui ? Gostaria de ajudar , participar em qualquer projeto. Máscio Andrade BH.MG. Brasil...
... work ... where ... I have a friend, a great helmsman, if your racing around the buoys, who just can't understand the concept of a lee shore. It seems to ...
... Not saying let the wind push you to the shore, I mean if you're fighting the wind and still losing ground it's time to angle off as much as possible to...
... fighting ... are ... down ... the ... seeming ... Lee shore, it seems to be one of those concepts that must be empirically driven home; that feeling of...
I know, all you guys work much faster than me... but I still beat you: I just launched my boat: http://www.justmueller.com/boats/_files/flood1.jpg and ...
Hi Gerd Dont forget to throw out the anchor just in case. Good luck with the flood. Aaron in Alaska tom <tazmann@...> wrote: Hey Gerd Well you got me...
... Remember Gerd, if you can keep your head when all around you are loosing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the gravity of the situation. eric S/V...
Hi Gerd , all could or can become worse , hoping your house is spared from waterdamage. We saw more affected areas on tv . I wish you some dry weather for the...
Same type of story was mentioned in a posting some years back, when a hull was jacked from one corner -- not even a sixteenth of an inch movement. That's...
I can even vouch for that, I lifted my 26 and put in on a trailer yesterday and its only a tacked shell and it wouldn't twist or flex at all. I was amazed Tom ...
Hello all What is the normal height of the grab rails on the cabin tops ? I already had a visions of sliding across the cabin top and hooking my toes...
... my toes underneath ouch! ... Tom I haven't measured mine but the best bet is to use your own hand as a guide. Make them taller if you have fat fingers and...
Thanks Rowland 1-1/2" seems about right, I will do like you said and mock up one and make sure I have just enough hand clearance. I guess common sense would...
I guess weight in the ends of a boat make the period of oscillation slower so that there is a resonance with the wave period thus causing hobby horsing....
I was just reading the current issue of This Good Old Boat magazine and they have an article about this.. they recomend replacing the low cabin top grab rail...
Hello Scott The only draw back I could see by eleminating the the low grab rails is the way Brent has them designed they protect the cabin corners from chiping...
The more weight in the ends the longer the frequency and thus the bigger the waves it will hobby horse in. Concentrating weight amidships means it will only be...
Hi guys, Have been away for a bit & heard that there is a brentboat hull for sale. a 36' or a 40'. somewhere on the Island apparently... Anyone have any info...
Another consideration is that the strength of the steel rails on Brent's boats far exceeds those on a wooden cabin topped ship. I'm planning on using mine as...
I don't know much about the subject but will say that when I told a rigging outfit on Van Island I was looking for a mast for a BS 36, he said what ever I do ,...
