I think they are operating on the same principle they used in Viet Nam a long time ago concerning the town of Ben Tre. 'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it' Perhaps it is necessary to destroy sailing to save it?
RAINMAKER DISMASTED OFF HATTERAS IN GALE
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dreaming my life away...
"seas around 15" according to Rainmaker's captain, in part 2. I would say 12-14 feet. Salon roof is ~9.5' above water.
Not so bad if the boat still worked. They were expecting 35 knot winds and stronger gusts, so how much sail did they have up?
Seems like the engines were used too soon, before clearing the rig and lines. Did hydraulic lines leak before they were cut?
Well, they certainly aren't the IOR warriors of yore, when the men were men and the dolphins were nervous, instead of jammers, somebody just gripped the line in their teeth and you didn't dare reef unless it was blowing at least 70 lest somebody accuse you of being a pussy after the race, that's for sure.
As with the older GBs there are stoppers ahead of the winches for each line. Two hydraulic winches with a mechanical in the middle I think. You need to keep things pretty organized, I know that some bags were added to stow the tails that are not shown. Most any boat can be cluttered at times, self tacking jib reduces the line adjustment some, the old saying that you can judge a sailor by his ropes would apply here.
floater
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Canal Bottom
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Watch Clean's pimping video on the owners. One of the cutie wives talks with pride on her J105 accomplishments.
If you pull some of the old marketing materials you could reach the conclusion that Gunboat is really nothing more than a MacGregor on steroids... fast, light, go anywhere with the whole family... Now you can have a wider and faster MacGregor in any paint combination at less than 200 times the original cult(relabled Tribe) cost.
adrumm
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Rapier 550.....Euro version of the GB55.Brilliant. Go away to sea, and sit a leather-covered chair just like the one at your executive desk and in your executive car. Wankers.Also quite an interesting layout. Better for sail management, but imagine the shit storm when this rig fails. I'm not a cat guy; however, i'm thinking that keeping the rig on the outside might be a decent idea.
What boat is in that picture, Wafi?
adrumm
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Holy crap.....that looks terrible. So why did the pretty one have to be abandoned at sea? The above boat will be around forever......I feel bad for the their slip mates. Imagine waking up to that every morning! The d-bad inside does not have to look at it.
Watch Clean's pimping video on the owners. One of the cutie wives talks with pride on her J105 accomplishments.
If you pull some of the old marketing materials you could reach the conclusion that Gunboat is really nothing more than a MacGregor on steroids... fast, light, go anywhere with the whole family... Now you can have a wider and faster MacGregor in any paint combination at less than 200 times the original cult(relabled Tribe) cost.
joneisberg
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Uhhh, you forgot to mention unstepping the mast, and motoring down the ICW to Charleston, no?
Yeah, if those guys like Bernard Stamm would only revert to hank-on headsails, and sheet-to-tiller or windvane self-steering, well... then perhaps I just MIGHT think about considering them to be REAL sailors...
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TwoLegged
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There is only one good thing to be said about that boat. It disproves any notion that more money equals better tasteHoly crap.....that looks terrible. So why did the pretty one have to be abandoned at sea? The above boat will be around forever......I feel bad for the their slip mates. Imagine waking up to that every morning! The d-bad inside does not have to look at it.If you pull some of the old marketing materials you could reach the conclusion that Gunboat is really nothing more than a MacGregor on steroids... fast, light, go anywhere with the whole family... Now you can have a wider and faster MacGregor in any paint combination at less than 200 times the original cult(relabled Tribe) cost.
... Girgle.. Gurgle...
So the boat itself is outside the environment, but the inside is inside the environment so everything inside is outside and outside is outside but really inside... Gurgle... Gurgle..
Wait, What??
Did the front fall off???
and since it did,
is it inside or outside...???
So the boat itself is outside the environment, but the inside is inside the environment so everything inside is outside and outside is outside but really inside... Gurgle... Gurgle..
Wait, What??
Did the front fall off???
and since it did,
is it inside or outside...???
Better than losing your condo off Cape Hatteras, no?Uhhh, you forgot to mention unstepping the mast, and motoring down the ICW to Charleston, no?
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I liked it just fine as a standalone. If you're relying on one of my posts to make yours make sense, you have a very shaky lifeline.
mad
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mad
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I read about it somewhere, have tried it once or twice but most of the time some other idiot fucks it up.
