Perhaps overly stout for a boat, but not for a seawall. Represents a useless compromise: too heavy to sail, too light to survive.I was surprised how quickly it broke up also. Westsail 42s have a lot of glass in them.
Most of the Anglo-American boat folklores about boats built oversized so they can survive everything is just cruiser conspiracy to prop up the market.I was surprised how quickly it broke up also. Westsail 42s have a lot of glass in them.
I think that's a bit harsh. They go pretty well with 20kts+ of wind and track well enough to be easy on autopilots. Crossed the Pacific with a few in 2017 that we kept pace with but then I was on another boat you probably don't like, a Crealock 37.Perhaps overly stout for a boat, but not for a seawall. Represents a useless compromise: too heavy to sail, too light to survive.
Soon to be on a shelf at Minneys.Those telltales on the prop will be good to show ya the current direction -
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If the split is abaft the mast, it's the back that fell off.how far back does the front go?
Is that for a fact from the above-grounded yacht in Newport Beach?Those telltales on the prop will be good to show ya the current direction -
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One person's opinion.Westsail 42, not exactly a beach ball
Bad boatfor sailing off a Lee shore though.
Pretty sure it is, from a FB post of a friend who lived there with other pics of this landing.Is that for a fact from the above-grounded yacht in Newport Beach?
Because, if so, that explains volumes.