Dramatic styling, but isn´t it a little big for a daycruiser? What a waste of space! But definitely nice to look at. Difficult to say who´s going...
Philip Walwyn, a long-year yachtsman died at the age of 68 last monday after falling overboard near Lizzard Point at the coast of Cornwall,...
Have to apologize, it might be an iconic curiosity as a floating piece of creativity, but for use as a serious boat Cosmic Muffin looks more like...
Haha, don´t worry. Nobody is annoyed here by serious interest and seeking advice is welcome here. Perhaps there are one or two slightly sarcastic...
Cruising inland waterways is probably demanding in other aspects (locks, avoiding runing aground and wasting some props per season,...) but then...
Well, old salt, but you belong to a special breed... :D
I´d know a boat design that could meet your fantasy, including maximum speed and transatlantic range at 9 kts with maximum independance and all...
You might also like to discuss questions of building small workboats on BDnet (boatdesign.net), there you will find lots of unqualified advice but...
It´s definitely quite an attractive boat you found there, especially considering the price. Generally the italian builders during the 1980s knew...
With broken sea valves / strainers for the cooling water intake you won´t notice something is wrong unless you enter the engine room for quite...
A fire axe against the sea valves for the engine cooling will do. as long as the valves are suffciently damaged there are very few ways to stop...
Basicaly the trick with boats is that the water is outside... :D
Hmm, ok, perhaps we should keep that question down to "don´t try this at home"?:D
Haha, I would guess having the need for a self-righting boat is not desireable at all.
...well, sure. Some math, some physics. That´s all. But if you want to give an answer and not just tell the TO not to bother the adults with that...
Basically it´s pretty simple, you need a boat boat with low center of gravity resulting in a long stability curve with positive righting moment...
You suggest he should have bought a Nordhavn instead? Or do you think it would have been better if he decided for a Nordhavn?
...everything comes with a price tag. ;) What I was talking about was the required number of hands for normal use. Of course more technical stuff...
Well, karo1776, handling a sailboat shorthanded is allways another thing and the more complex and big it gets the more you need afew hands with...
Ever hear of the Göta-Canal here in Europe? One of the most beautiful inland waterways over here with a ridiculous number of locks and many...
