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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Sun May 07 2006 - 18:44:04 EDT
--- In , Peter Ogilvie <roverhi at dot dot dot >
wrote:
> You had me agreeing with you until that last statement. There
is no way I'd be stupid enough to even to try a short cruise on one
of those behemoths. A daysail or daylight round the buoys race is
one thing, an around the Capes trip is another whole heap of soggy
foul wx gear. Can you imagine how much fun going to wx in force 8
wind and waves for days on end on one of those flat bottomed bashers
would be. Especially when you are crammed into a stinking cabin
with minimal amenities and 20 other unwashed sailors. No thankyou,
I'll take my >traditional cruiser, with my wife as crew, any day.
Peter, we're in agreement about that too but it's fun to fantasize.
You should have seen them loading the sail bags this morning. Not
sure that bag is the right word. Two or three crew carrying each
snake as it disappeared below, through the main companionway. They
carry one main and a choice of, I believe, 11 other sails, on each
leg, out of a total of 24. One could live quite well just on what
those 24 sails cost.
I don't know if anyone has seen any of the series (carried here on
PBS) but it is well worth the time. Each boat has a number of
cameras running all the time and constantly recording. It tapes
over itself but if something big happens the media specialist
onboard (in addition to his other job) can stop the camera and save
what has happened, permanently. Some of the footage was, at a
minimum, fantastic and the speed unbelievable. But, you're right
Peter; not exactly cruising:-)
eric S/V Nebaras
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