Author Topic: Sailing (Read 669 times)

NUKE · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2003, 08:00:15 PM »

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Originally posted by ccvi
If the crew's mass does not have a significant influence on balance, and it's design doesn't allow it to capsize without worries it's no longer a fun sport to sail it but just hard work sport.

I'm no sailor, but why in the world would a sailboat be designed specifically to allow it to capsize???

Gunthr · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2003, 08:51:33 PM »

Nuke - CCVI will handle his philisophical differences with Nilson, but from what I know, sailboats are designed to be like floating corks on the sea. If you are in a blue-water boat you should be able to handle being pushed over by the wind and have your weighted keel right you fairly quickly. You might break a mast and rigging, but the boat would be able to float if it was "battened down" before being rolled or capsized. That is what is called being "seaworthy."

Nilsen · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2003, 02:17:55 AM »

I got my first sailboat when i was 5 (a laser) and i have sailed several classes of smaller boats.

I do agree that smaller boats are alot of fun to sail and the best (only) way to learn the art of sailing. On the other hand, it is just as big a challenge to sail a bigger boat, and it has many more practical uses.

When sailing regattas on a 38 footer you have more crew onboard and with more crew it also has a significant influence on the handeling and balance of the boat + it is imo alot of fun to make an entire crew work together as one.

Mark Luper · « **Reply #18 on:** September 01, 2003, 08:44:24 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen10
Sure is a dream my gf and I have had since we met 10 years ago. We have both grown up with sailing and we have used her parents boat alot. We now decided to get our own.

http://www.x-yachts.com/frontend/pages/SEEEMS_674.asp

Awsome yacht there Nilsen, I envy you. Love to sail myself but it has been ages (literaly) since I have had the pleasure.

Gunther, I looked at these, the Rhodes 22 a long time ago for the same reasons you are

Nilsen · « **Reply #19 on:** September 01, 2003, 08:56:26 AM »

Thx Mark

Its sertainly the largest investment I have ever made, and will prolly not be matched in the future either. I was dreaming of going up one more size to the 412 but I did not wanna get a bigger loan than we could manage (had to borrow 1/4 of the cost as is) and my my gf said STOP

We have to save bigtime now and wont live well at all (no partys, skitrips

or computerstuff) until may when the baby arrives and our economy gets good again but what the h*** you have to make some sacrifices to get what you want

Curval · « **Reply #20 on:** September 01, 2003, 09:13:59 AM »

Calling a boat an "investment" is something of an oximoron.

You spent the money Nilsen...you didn't really invest it.

Nilsen · « **Reply #21 on:** September 01, 2003, 09:16:16 AM »

hehe kinda true..

let me rephrase...

Its an investment in quality of life and pure joy

Curval · « **Reply #22 on:** September 01, 2003, 09:17:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen10
hehe kinda true..

let me rephrase...

Its an investment in quality of life and pure joy

Better....much better.