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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 16:37:03 EDT
Thanks Joe,
I think I will get a copy. Several other people have recommended it and I
guess its worth the read.
All the best,
Robert Gainer
>From: "Joe - G4XRZ" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [world-cruising] on a recent cruise I read a great book.. I
>recommend it to all offshore folks...
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:24:12 -0000
>
>Hello Group.
>Well, we just had a great sail from Brittany (France) via Ushant
>Island, the Isles of Scilly (UK) and then Falmouth.. terrific
>cruise.. headwinds all the darn way <g> but still fun. We had a Gib
>Sea 402 for the duration, a nice boat, but not an offshore
>liveaboard.
>
>Anyways, I took the oportunity to read the superb CCA 'Desirable and
>Undesirable characteristics of offshore yachts' by the cca.. well.
>all I can say is - bloody amazing book.. a fantastic source of info
>on selecting a suitable offshore boat for ocean cruising.
>If you aint got it, buy it, borrow it, but most of all read it. !!!
>most of the mundane questions asked in the normal course of things
>are answered in super detail.
>
>One thing I liked is the following basic formula...
>offshore capsize resistance... take the weight divided by 64 to
>achieve the displacement, divide the cube root into the beam, look
>for a figure less than 2.. if that test is passed, deduct the length
>from 160 and that should least equal the angle of vanishing positive
>stability.. its only a start, but its a good one.. length LWL is not
>always equal to theoretical capsize length, but providing the
>screening formula is met, then its a great start.. :-)
>
>super book, from respected sources.. I really recommend it to all.
>
>Joe
>
>Joe N Jayne - UK.
>
>
>
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