I'm a guy.... 61, 6', grey, blue eyes...... I like long walks on the beach and sipping hot chocolate in front of the fire.... :D And yes, you are...
I will be putting between 2500 and 3000 nm a year on my boat, and spending some quality time in my engine room is what I do after dinner. It's...
All does sound a little below par....
Jack is smiling in his grave.
One leaf.... that could be fun to watch as the newbie owner takes the 64' sailboat through there.....
A 1964 WOOD motor yacht built by Italians with diesels of the same vintage? Right. You're not giving us a lot to go on, but If you're asking you...
I think we pretty much agree on all that.
It sounds that as someone who just gets paid to drive the thing you don't care much for them, and the shortcomings are just an annoyance in your...
Sounds like a lot of fun to me.... But I'm not the average buyer. If you saw my shop and fleet you would understand.:D And they look a whole hell...
When my buddy with his latest Cessna 172 Garmin navigation/weather/bells and whistles suite hears what I (don't) have available in the cockpit of...
LOL..... do you know more exactly WHEN Hatteras started using tinned wire?
Correct, not many recreational boaters do, and as mentioned above they don't need to because they can't steer that accurate to begin with, not to...
Hmmmm, in my close observation of the market it has to do with certain SEGMENTS of the market. For instance the heavy (larger) classic plastic MYs...
Yes, works for the one who gets handed the platter with marinated meats and does the flipping. Not for the one who preps and presents the rest of...
One needs substantial crew to operate a sailboat? Now you tell me......(Thousands of solo miles..... :confused: )
OK....I hope you all are just pulling the poor guys leg because I'm reading a metric crap ton of BS from a few people up here. DEVIATION is...
Ya, dat's something you don't want to be seen on. Be cool to blow up in a movie scene or something like that.
Yup.... the laws of physics always apply..... even on forums. :D
My father crawls onto his NE style 18' cat boat for a sail 3-4 days a week during the summer. He started sailing in the late 30's (not HIS late...
True, to a point. It's always possible that you hit a wake and a layer of gook that's been there in one tank goes on the move. But your scenario...
