Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts

[shaggybaxter]

Ah well. I live in a town where motorsports can be quite big. The Chaparral race cars were built here. My various friends have made the exotic car mistake, light airplane mistake, jet airplane mistake, cattle ranch mistake, race horse mistake, houses around the world mistake, 5th or 6th wife mistake, this after nearly all of us made the oil well mistake. I decided to take one for the team and make the sailboat mistake so none of my friends would feel obligated.

If you ever happen to find yourself in New England in the summer, buzz me up, I'd love to give you a ride on my 2nd favorite mistake. B)

:lol:

Thanks mate, I will make sure I take you up on that, I would love to go for a ride on your gorgeous girl one day (boat that is), cheers! 

It surprised me how much cheaper motorsports have become. a complete injected/blown big block costs less than the price of a new sail wardrobe  :blink: . The good thing is the data and telemetry is remarkably the same so I'm knee deep in spreadsheets and numbers which I enjoy immensely, no difference to a race or passage prep. It does feel weird not shopping for shiny bits though. I still wander through chandleries staring at shiny bits.....  

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

:lol:

Thanks mate, I will make sure I take you up on that, I would love to go for a ride on your gorgeous girl one day (boat that is), cheers! 

It surprised me how much cheaper motorsports have become. a complete injected/blown big block costs less than the price of a new sail wardrobe  :blink: . The good thing is the data and telemetry is remarkably the same so I'm knee deep in spreadsheets and numbers which I enjoy immensely, no difference to a race or passage prep. It does feel weird not shopping for shiny bits though. I still wander through chandleries staring at shiny bits.....  

Now you've a perfect excuse for buying machine tools. Once you have a lathe or 2, a manual mill, a VMC and some accessories, you'll never ever lack for new bling to buy for the shop.

Trust me. I'm up to 3 lathes, 4 milling machines, 2 horizontal boring machines and a cast of thousands in smaller machine tools (surface grinder, cylindrical grinder, tool & cutter grinder, drill presses etc etc).

Occasionally I make bits for boats...

FKT

 

[shaggybaxter]

Now you've a perfect excuse for buying machine tools. Once you have a lathe or 2, a manual mill, a VMC and some accessories, you'll never ever lack for new bling to buy for the shop.

Trust me. I'm up to 3 lathes, 4 milling machines, 2 horizontal boring machines and a cast of thousands in smaller machine tools (surface grinder, cylindrical grinder, tool & cutter grinder, drill presses etc etc).

Occasionally I make bits for boats...

FKT

Hiya FKT, 

That indeed is a problem. My new favourite catalogue.....



We've just finished restoring an old 1940-50's pommy lathe and milling machine that was gifted from a farm.  It came with every head and accessory known to man , so we have been cleaning and sandblasting and restoring everything back to original (the lathe at least, mill is still a work in progress) . I still get all wet just looking at the engineering that goes into building a lathe or a milling machine. 

That god I don't have a CnC machine, I'd be outa control. 

 

[Elegua]

Now you've a perfect excuse for buying machine tools. Once you have a lathe or 2, a manual mill, a VMC and some accessories, you'll never ever lack for new bling to buy for the shop.

Trust me. I'm up to 3 lathes, 4 milling machines, 2 horizontal boring machines and a cast of thousands in smaller machine tools (surface grinder, cylindrical grinder, tool & cutter grinder, drill presses etc etc).

Occasionally I make bits for boats...

FKT

Awesome! So, can we can all come and do a re-fit if sail there? 

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Awesome! So, can we can all come and do a re-fit if sail there? 

You wouldn't be the first...

FKT

 

[Blue Crab]

You wouldn't be the first...

FKT

FKT even has guest moorings available.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

FKT even has guest moorings available.

Usually one or 2 vacant, yeah. Hauling my boat out in another week or so to do some upgrades. Lot of stuff on the bench should get installed at that point and I can start thinking about the next lot. More shed space available too. And I'm building another small shed just because I can and I'm bored...

FKT

 

[Elegua]

You wouldn't be the first...

FKT

Cool! We're coming from the East coast of the US, so it might take us a while....

 

[Bob Perry]

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[Jud - s/v Sputnik]

Cool! We're coming from the East coast of the US, so it might take us a while....

Straight shot for us, direct SW, from the west coast of Canada  

 

[Elegua]

Straight shot for us, direct SW, from the west coast of Canada  

True...but I'm figuring for some detours on the way. 

 

[olaf hart]

Cool! We're coming from the East coast of the US, so it might take us a while....

Shouldn’t take that long, it’s downhill all the way...

 

[estarzinger]

Shouldn’t take that long, it’s downhill all the way...

even Rimas made it most of the way.  For the offer of a mooring and a machine shop on god's island - cast off now!

 

[Elegua]

Yeah, no kidding. I'm just figuring out how to increase the negative stability of my boat...being that you have to sail upside-down and all....is that a service they provide in Fiji? 

 

[estarzinger]

Yeah, no kidding. I'm just figuring out how to increase the negative stability of my boat...being that you have to sail upside-down and all....is that a service they provide in Fiji? 

you have to have a proper equator crossing ceremony . .  .but then oden grants you the ability.

 

[Ishmael]

Yeah, no kidding. I'm just figuring out how to increase the negative stability of my boat...being that you have to sail upside-down and all....is that a service they provide in Fiji? 

Are we getting into keel up/keel down discussions again?

 

[estarzinger]

Are we getting into keel up/keel down discussions again?

to paraphrase Mr. Clinton "it depends on what the meaning of 'up' is"

 

[shaggybaxter]

Yeah, no kidding. I'm just figuring out how to increase the negative stability of my boat...being that you have to sail upside-down and all....is that a service they provide in Fiji? 

Yep, just don't forget those pesky plotter colours stay the same....

 

[Elegua]

you have to have a proper equator crossing ceremony . .  .but then oden grants you the ability.

I see. So it's like unlocking an achievement. Level up and prepare for the Southern Ocean Big Boss Battle. 

 

[estarzinger]

I see. So it's like unlocking an achievement. Level up and prepare for the Southern Ocean Big Boss Battle. 

lol - yes exactly - very topical for me - I just this week killed the last mythic boss and got "Cutting Edge" achievement in latest wow mythic raid tier. It is a bit harder offshore to reset the boss when you screw up, and (like 'ironman achievement') you only get one death.