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MarkOrSusanneR ([ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Paul Kruse wrote:
<<You say that a sailboat of this size is simply too much
for you and your wife to handle in bad weather. I'm curious to
know why you did not just take the approach that you would drop
the sails and treat it like a trawler when the seas got bad?
That would save the problem of having to convert a sailboat to a
trawler in the first place. I have a hunch that your answer
will be more interesting than to simply say you wanted to get
through the French canal system. :-)>>
Paul,
We just wanted to be able to get through the French canals, and
the Erie canal, and the Champlain canal, and maybe the great
circle route, and up a lot of major rivers that have fixed
bridges about two miles upstream of the ICW. Also, we were on a
budget, and a hurricane wrecked boat is a lot cheaper than one
with rig intact.
Initially, when we bought the boat for $30k, we planned to be
back in the water for an additional $20k; but that was before we
decided to replace the engine and driveline, and a whole bunch
of other changes to make the boat better than it had to be. As
I said before, the total came out to $50k in materials and
supplies, plus $30k for the boat.
Mark Richter, Winnie the Pooh
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