Spuddy
Well-Known Member
A few people on here, Appledore Geoff for one, will remember a chap called Jim who sailed a Paradox mini cruiser
http://www.microcruising.com/paradox1.htm
Interesting concept at 14' long and only 4' beam; no keel or plate and flat bottomed.
Jim passed on a couple of years ago but I read some of his blogs and met him in Plymouth's Jennicliff Bay. He'd sailed from his usual launching spot in Poole in one hit to Plymouth in what looked to me like a coffin. He lay down in it and steered using rudder lines; all the kit was stored in nooks and ledges along the sides. Later I speculated about calls of nature but didn't find out how he managed. It's just occurred to me (during a sleepless night) that the answer would be on any hospital ward, after all I already use a wee bottle in the cockpit but hadn't made the logical jump to a bedpan!
This could be the solution to so many problems: an integral seat so comfier than a bucket; less prone to spillage; and the clincher, the biggest sluice imaginable just over the toerail! A line attached means it could be towed until squeaky clean.
I'll start looking, but where?
http://www.microcruising.com/paradox1.htm
Interesting concept at 14' long and only 4' beam; no keel or plate and flat bottomed.
Jim passed on a couple of years ago but I read some of his blogs and met him in Plymouth's Jennicliff Bay. He'd sailed from his usual launching spot in Poole in one hit to Plymouth in what looked to me like a coffin. He lay down in it and steered using rudder lines; all the kit was stored in nooks and ledges along the sides. Later I speculated about calls of nature but didn't find out how he managed. It's just occurred to me (during a sleepless night) that the answer would be on any hospital ward, after all I already use a wee bottle in the cockpit but hadn't made the logical jump to a bedpan!
This could be the solution to so many problems: an integral seat so comfier than a bucket; less prone to spillage; and the clincher, the biggest sluice imaginable just over the toerail! A line attached means it could be towed until squeaky clean.
I'll start looking, but where?
