Why all the rants against long keeled boats?.....perhaps this is the reason.....

[Sandyman]

Aha.. no not fishing at all, just thick To me ages to find out that SWMBO meant Sailing Wife Moron Boat Owner ;-)

LOL

Never felt the compulsion to obey one then ?

 

[King Penguin]

Ha Ha Ha Plastic Soap Dishes..............................new on me that one but oh so apt made I laugh.

I suspect most of the comments you mention are due to people with little seamanship / experience talking out of their ar.se.

You know you see those long lorries with signs on the back which say 'Caution Long Vehicle' ???
Thinking I might get some made up and stick them on my transom saying 'Caution Long Keel'

Great idea........get two made and I'll buy the other off you

 

[King Penguin]

The unreasonable predjudice against long keelers is onlt exceeded by the predjudice against multihull boats, probably from people who have sailed neither. Perhaps some people feel their judgement being threatened by others having very different taste in boats. Just to throw a curved one-I rather like the term "half boat"!

Perhaps I should get another Rasmus and join them together to make a cat.....then I could enjoy the worst of both worlds

 

[Sandyman]

Perhaps I should get another Rasmus and join them together to make a cat.....then I could enjoy the worst of both worlds

.............................the worst of both worlds.....................ha ha ha ha ha ha love it

 

[King Penguin]

Aha.. no not fishing at all, just thick To me ages to find out that SWMBO meant Sailing Wife Moron Boat Owner ;-)

Ok ok, but I really didn't know the AWB thing.... I did like the soap dish comment

Sometimes it's 'Stressful Wife Makes Boating 'Orrible'

 

[Sandyman]

Sometimes it's 'Stressful Wife Makes Boating 'Orrible'

I'm sure that's v true for owners of fin keeled boats LOL

Did you know you never get stressful wives on Long Keelers ? Now why would that be ?

 

[Billjratt]

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Did you know you never get stressful wives on Long Keelers ? Now why would that be ?

I'm just guessing yours wasn't aboard last time you you had a near-sinking...

Having said that, have you seen a SSWBMO work a bucket?

 

[AngusMcDoon]

exceeded by the predjudice against multihull boats

It's proportional to the cube of the number of hulls.

probably from people who have sailed neither

Now who does that remind me of?

 

[Rossynant]

I rather like the term "half boat"!

" DOUBLE TROUBLE, 1820, first catamaran built in the US by John C Stevens. "

 

[Simondjuk]

I for one always try to look as smug as possible

I tend to avoid actively trying to behave like a knob.

 

[King Penguin]

I tend to avoid actively trying to behave like a knob.

 

[Slow_boat]

I tend to avoid actively trying to behave like a knob.

I think I've sailed just about all the different types of sailing boats/yachts there are, over the years, and have come to realise that all boats are good at some things but none at everything. Someone said that he could design a voluminous boat, a fast boat or a sea kindly boat but not a boat that does all three.(or something like that) Add to that a boat that is easy to steer when going astern and you have it all.

My new (to me) boat will be very comfy, is voluminous and sea kindly. I've no idea how wel she'll go astern but then I don't do that very often as I avoid marinas as much as possible. She's not going to be very fast, either, but if I were in a hurry I'd drive. And she has teak decks, which are lovely on somebody elses boat.

Each to their own.

 

[Slow_boat]

I tend to avoid actively trying to behave like a knob.

I think I've sailed just about all the different types of sailing boats/yachts there are, over the years, and have come to realise that all boats are good at some things but none at everything. Someone said that he could design a voluminous boat, a fast boat or a sea kindly boat but not a boat that does all three.(or something like that) Add to that a boat that is easy to steer when going astern and you have it all.

My new (to me) boat will be very comfy, is voluminous and sea kindly. I've no idea how wel she'll go astern but then I don't do that very often as I avoid marinas as much as possible. She's not going to be very fast, either, but if I were in a hurry I'd drive. And she has teak decks, which are lovely on somebody elses boat.

Each to their own.