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Pretty sure that those too many owners all had insurance...

It is easy to blame teh gubmint for the failings of the health system (and they are, indeed, myriad) but the bottom line is that, in general, people vote with their wallets, not with their hearts, so we, the people, get what we pay for.

Literally?

On the hard, pre-purchase inspection Delivery commences post-purchase (with 82 yr old father in law driving)

She is called Bandit. As far as I have been able to ascertain she is a "Koala" design, built by Savage Marine in Melbourne. She is definitely more of a cruiser-racer than an outright racer, being built like the proverbial brick sh1th*use. A previous owner told me she has done a Melbourne to...

1979 built Peter Joubert 1/4 tonner Recently acquired... for less than the cost of the last sail I bought for the previous (40') boat.

After being boatless for a few years, I just acquired this little beauty.

Wife and I did Schouten to Eden in 39 hours, 2-up in our venerable 40' Vandestadt. It would be fair to say it was easy, but not fun ;)

Understood. I guess the change of centre of effort aft won't significantly change the weather / lee helm. We undertook a similar exercise in reverse on Insatiable. We had a tall rig, long boom with running backstays - great for racing with a crew of 9, but way too much sail area for cruising...

The above isn't a strawman, that's an enormous pyramid of strawmen standing on top of other strawmen's shoulders, with a giant strawman on top.

Sounds like a grand plan, and I hope it works for you (I suspect it will) I've just seen a lot of people who tried to change the boat they had into the boat they wanted, and that exercise (a) cost more than changing boats, and (b) didn't turn out how they thought it would (because, in many...

I've taken several trips in the last couple months exploring some of the far flung corners of Tasmania. In each instance, the campsites where we stayed and the cafes and restaurants we visited seemed reasonably full, and the operators I spoke to all reported usual or better occupancy for the...

I know the above wasn't specifically directed at me, but fwiw my dislike of ScoMo has nothing to do with what Mr. Porter may or may not have done... Giving Porter the benefit of the doubt based on the idea innocent until proven guilty is how we do it, and rightly so, but I do think that the...

WTF is going on? I'm agreeing with LB twice in the same day!  All of that notwithstanding, do you think they have a secretvote to decide who is the most unelectable person they've got and make him (or her) leader?

Abandoned for the day, sigh Still, means more fun tomorrow...

What was it Gary Player famously said? The more I practise the luckier I get...

Far be it from me to agree with LB, but frankly if they can't beat the cockwomble that is ScoMo and his mob, they certainly need to take a long, hard look at themselves. Does a "leader" (sic) get any more unmemorable than Albo? Seriously, I've had more interesting bowel movements. If they were...

Sadly, he'll most likely be re-elected next time, egregious shit-stain that he is notwithstanding

This may have been said already... If I wanted a longer boom and more sail area, I'd sell the boat and buy one with a longer boom and more sail area. Ymmv

Personally, I don't take quite such a polarised view on what one should or should not do with old race boats. I've done my fair share of both racing and cruising, on old IOR 1-tonners mostly. The issue, for me, is that unmodified, they need a lot of crew, strong crew, crew who know what they...