Right Boat

[jimi]

Paranoia seems to rule OK here. Guys asks a perfectly reasonable question and puddle skimming numpties flame him .. why?

For what its worth I've sailed both a Twister and a Sadler 29 and they're both excellent boats for single handed sailing. Another not to be discounted is the good old Centaur.

 

[tome]

Jimi

I think they're all just spooked by GC1's behaviour and now SBC's nip'n tuck

Call me old fashioned, but I wouldn't consider a sex change so late in life

Anyways, not for me to judge

Shame for Godot though, seems a decent sort to me

 

[Lakesailor]

Could that not be a "A throughpassage breadmaker"? Which would be handy.

(If you can't beat 'em...........)

 

[GODOT]

Rather than a breadmaker (or toaster), I wondered what watermaker to use. Is a waterlog any use?

 

[Lakesailor]

I had a friend who worked for the Water Authority.
He used to pass water all day.

 

[tome]

Apololies

Keith has pointed out that we shouldn't use the phrase sex change

Sorry! Meant to say gender arrival

 

[jimi]

Re: Apololies

Tjhought he meant he was an auld woman anyway?

 

[bilbobaggins]

Re: Right Boat - or Left

My dear 'Waiting Room',

Welcome to the madhouse. I trust you will make, in your own way, a wholly appropriate contribution.

As for 'single handing' around these Sceptred Isles, do tell me. Is it the right or left that's available for duty? It does make a difference, you know, as our desert-nomad colleagues from the Arabian Desert Offshore Sailing Club will attest.

As for 'drying out', should your post be a coded message, and it be your own good self that requires to dry out, may I humbly and respectively suggest that you avoid paying a visit to the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club while on your circum-perambulation? Good folks that they are, they are likely to detail you in hearty conversation long hours after most decent folks have supped up and gone to bed like good Christian souls.

On the other hand, there are several nominally similar clubs along the cold and forbidding shores of Wales where you will be hard tasked to get a clean cup of water, never mind an honest pint or three - the ragged and hairy-arsed denizens pretending that each day that comes is Sunday and that they are embargoed by their animist religion ( Baaah! ) from offering anything but muttered abuse to visitors. Please be aware that even the Visa cards used there have to be in Welsh.....

In consequence of this, you might be encouraged to choose a hull- and keel-form that permits you to enter any East Coast river at broadly any state of tide, while having the 'legs' to give the barren shores of The Principality a good offing in a long and anxious day's sail, while you make for the Emerald Isle - and a welcome pint of Murphy's - instead.

That means a catamaran.

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[sarabande]

Re: Right Boat decisions, decisions, decisions

Godot - welcome to the Forum. You get out what you put in, so be straightforward with your questions and comments please.

I hope you enjoy your sailing and the new boat.

I recall that the end of your eponymous play had two characters asking "Shall we go ? " and then not going. Take your courage and a screwdriver in both hands, do some courses with the RYA if you need them, and get out sailing !

Knowledge will be earned the hard way, wisdom will come with the sea miles, and support will always be available from the kind and experienced people here.

 

[GODOT]

Re: Right Boat decisions, decisions, decisions

Many thanks. Does'st seem to be too much advice on the small boat front, is that because small boats are out of fashion? I just tried another small boat forum and that seemed to have closed down.

 

[alldownwind]

Begging to disagree with another's comment, the bilge-keeler Sadler 29 does not sail like a pig. I had one for five years, lovely boat. Only adverse effect of the keels was greater leeway in F5+ when going to windward. Went like a rocket in light airs.

 

[tome]

Re: Right Boat decisions, decisions, decisions

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I just tried another small boat forum and that seemed to have closed down

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The bloke who runs this posts on here (sbc) but lives in Lithuania or somewhere. Think his wife has had enough of boats and wants him to get into horses abit more. Sure the site will be running once she cools down a bit

 

[Duffer]

I like a number of modern AWBs and no doubt the Sadler is a clever and capable design good for cruising East coast waters etc but if you want to go to Iceland wouldn't you be better off with an older boat with a heavy keel/displacement ratio and sturdy rig e.g. Contessa/Nicholson/Rival etc? You would get a prettier boat and may be save some money too!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]