Next message: Don Moses: "Re: lv-ab: Sailboat Snobs. Was My Sailing Lessons"
>This forum is a bunch of sailboat snobs.
I just went back and reread the entire thread and all I see is an
interesting and knowledgeable discussion of sailing lessons and the
advantages/disadvantages of swing keels. I don't see any snobbery at
all and I too am curious about DD's attitude. Of course, with a yahoo
nickname like spaceoddball...
With apologies to the swing keel crowd, I'm a keel sailor. I sailed a
swing keel in Tampa Bay where they love the things since it is
shallow. There is nothing like having your keel stick in the up
position because of barnacles caught in the cb trunk, or some other
obstruction getting caught in it - like the crab pot line which
somehow managed to get between the pendant and the board. (I know, I
know, my fault, should have been watching but there are so many of
the damn things and the sunset was so gorgeous...) At any rate, I
don't like swing keels and, until you get up around 30 feet in size,
I don't think that they are as seaworthy a boat as a comparably sized
fin keeler -
FWIW, keel boats are the way to go, then learn to read a chart
properly and pay attention to your depth sounder. My Challenger 24
with 3'6" draft went into some mighty thin bays in Georgian Bay
without difficulty and my current boat, a Dufour 34 with 5' draft,
while needing a bit more caution, is no further out than most boats
in any anchorage I've been into.
Besides, should the wind shift some night when you're in close,
you're close on a lee shore.
Wally Moran
s/v Publisher's Choice (24 Challenger, for sale)
s/v Gypsy Wind
--
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in
sailing. Anon
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