You don’t need to be a millionaire to cross the Atlantic

[Wansworth]

……

 

[justanothersailboat]

Planning to follow?

 

[Wansworth]

Planning to follow?

I doubt it,not brave enough

 

[justanothersailboat]

Your boat is as third as long again so you only need to be three quarters as brave... right?

 

[Wansworth]

Your boat is as third as long again so you only need to be three quarters as brave... right?

Dont think it works like that,Maybe after a summer sailing round the rias who knows ……to start with would need one of those steering gears!

 

[Wansworth]

Asked the wife if she would like to go she said yes…….but she has always been a bit mad

 

[ducked]

Probably helps quite a lot when you get there though.

 

[ylop]

Asked the wife if she would like to go she said yes…….but she has always been a bit mad

Did she say:

• She would like to go
• She would like you to go
• She would like you both to go

Very different answers!

 

[Blueboatman]

Looks like he’s enjoying himself
Good choice of boat

 

[Wansworth]

Looks like he’s enjoying himself
Good choice of boat

Hurley 18?

 

[capnsensible]

The Mini Globe race fleet on their 5.8 m boats are mostly doing rather well.....

 

[Wansworth]

The Mini Globe race fleet on their 5.8 m boats are mostly doing rather well.....

Yes ,small boats can be fitted out for less and docked cheaper than the now norm of 40 foot.Back in the 1970 the French had those little hard hind sloon called Muscadet

 

[DownWest]

Yes ,small boats can be fitted out for less and docked cheaper than the now norm of 40 foot.Back in the 1970 the French had those little hard hind sloon called Muscadet

There is a sort of co-operative group that keeps several boats, including Muscadets, that are rented out to members. In Brittany, if I recall.

 

[mjcoon]

Asked the wife if she would like to go she said yes…….but she has always been a bit mad

Was that with you or with him? (;-)

 

[ducked]

Yes ,small boats can be fitted out for less and docked cheaper than the now norm of 40 foot.Back in the 1970 the French had those little hard hind sloon called Muscadet

I'm a newbie, so I struggle a bit with the authentic salty pirate patter at times. The Internyet helps, if you can avoid AI.

With the aid of sailboatdata I'm guessing this "hard hind sloon" jive be:-

"Back in the 1970's, the French had those little hard-chined sloops called Muscadet." in land-lubber speak?

Capsize ratio of 2.15 though. Doesn't seem a very good number pour L'Atlantique, assuming that number means anything.

Was a proposal to revive limited series production, but I dunno if it came to anything.

The renewal of Muscadet

You can buy a model though, and apparently order it any size you want.

Muscadet – Historic-Marine | Model Boat Builders | Mauritius

1750 Euros is a lot, but not too bad if the model were, say, 6.48m long,

 

[MADRIGAL]

Asked the wife if she would like to go she said yes…….but she has always been a bit mad

...which helps, being married to a sailor

 

[Stemar]

Yes, I rather think Madame would agree, though I've had to tone it down a bit as we get older.

 

[Frogmogman]

Building new muscadets is not such a crazy idea. It is a very popular boat in France, providing excellent fairly low cost class racing. Class rules are framed to exclude exotic sails etc to keep it cheap, and the National Championship gets fleets of 50-80 boats. Some of the regulars in my pub are keen muscadet racers.

 

[Wansworth]

Muscadet, the mythical 4L of the sea

 

[Wansworth]

Building new muscadets is not such a crazy idea. It is a very popular boat in France, providing excellent fairly low cost class racing. Class rules are framed to exclude exotic sails etc to keep it cheap, and the National Championship gets fleets of 50-80 boats. Some of the regulars in my pub are keen muscadet racers.

Especially if done as a group……with all its benifits