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Sail More, one can find an old derrelect Hobie cat on a trailer; offer a hundred dollars, to" take it away now. Remove it, sell the boat parts. You just got a free trailer. Most of the trailers were stout and lightly used. It worked for me.
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Bob, it's wonderful that we strove to have powerful moments with people greater than ourselves, and we survived. I am glad that you are helping that kid in your shop. If you show him your planimeter[, if you still have one] his future will be sealed. Aloha, Guerdon.
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Bob, you were in a powerful group, probably explains your cleavage skills. As a longtime surfer your quote about the water joining back was right on.
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Bob thank you for involving us in your voyage. Did you work in the Tower with Dick Carter? Aloha, Guerdon.
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505, keep it in the family, keep it French.
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I think I posed for that in the dim past. I remember the bracket was lower and the trident was bigger. Ah, good times.
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Wht havent' multihulls taken the world by storm
guerdon replied to notherday's topic in Sailing Anarchy
Russell, I found that the knotmeter and gps were too slow on the G32. The fun meter and the hootometer were simple to use and far more accurate at speed, this was probably due to negative training by club racing as a child. If you have to quantify speed it's not really fast. When you qualify speed it satiates. We sail for satisfaction. -
Russell, for us sailing is winning.
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Congratulations. Check out Murrays' marine. For anything Hobie. We used to use surplus landing craft dry bags, but with all of the river running now days there are many dry storage options available. Hobie, camping is big in europe where it is called raiding. You should have a blast.
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Wht havent' multihulls taken the world by storm
guerdon replied to notherday's topic in Sailing Anarchy
Cats, have taken the world by storm worldwide. Hobie did it by finding new folks who were searching for fun and had nothing to loose. Big cats are a big deal and will never be for everyone. Proas are a logic that is nonwestern. -
I love proas and those who sail them, I also love recumbents, it's all for fun. As a lad I remember doing a rush paint job on a new S and S, transatlantic racer. The water line was three inches off and the client was due the next day. Boats are art, revel in them. That defective design was very successful. Using is understanding, talking is not using. I you treat life as a kiss, it's much more enjoyable.
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My friend George, built a lifting keel Shock which was called Morning Light. It was a wonderful boat and the star of the movie" The innermost limits of pure fun" which is still available and highly recommended if you want to see what caused the shortboard revolution. I believe it was a Gary Mull design.
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Bob, computers are like the the vapid high school cheerleader, wonderful to play with but you have to go slow and explain your jokes. That being said, my new proa was lofted and faired on a computer and it is very accurate +-1/2 mm. Remember those old tables of offsets ' " 1/8". She was drawn in France and Emailed to me, the luddite. Aloha, Guerdon.
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I asked my sailmaker to build me a new kick ass. Spanker, jigger,...
guerdon replied to Kris Cringle's topic in Cruising Anarchy
Bob, your story was true, he was replacing his Ketch "Matilda" which had a lovely seat. He sailed to unwind. It was fun to see him and William F. Buckley, "not race" each other. Those were interesting times at I.H.Y.C. -
Arrogance and Boat Design; does one cause the other?
guerdon replied to MultiThom's topic in Multihull Anarchy
Russell, I sold a proa to a farmer surfer/sailer friend. She had a pivoting drag strut outrigger for lower wave drag. Somehow he tried to use it with the hull inverted. He gave up because it caused too much drag. When the CoastGuard certified one of my racing dories they wanted to inspect the floatation tanks, " it has none, the wood hull provides the required amount of float." I had to help them do the math to prove she would float. Between the Boater,Government,Lawyers, you have to be a saint to deal with the paying public.