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Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

10 Hours Ago

Replies: 1

Figawi

Views: 125

Posted By Alden68

Re: Figawi

It's a blast. Not very serious but that's why the bulk of us love it! It's the unofficial start of summer around here. I've only missed it once in 11 years.

Make sure you catch it all: fri night...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Day Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Is it just me or does losing the foils tame the beast and sill leave a very, very fast boat? Bearing off is dangerous in any high powered, high speed sailboat. The foils seem to Make the boats...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Days Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

How should we interpret?

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Days Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Minnie- Good points regarding football players but I don't think you can fully connect the dots in the argument; especially when you say the owners of the AC boats are free to develop these boats to...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

6 Days Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

You make a good point. However what if this wasn't for sport? What if this was a project to create a new breed of sailing craft and these men & women were pioneers. We would owe them nothing. Does...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

6 Days Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

To say that someone doesn't have a choice has to be an incredibly inaccurate statement. We all have choices to make and we make them freely every day, regardless of our profession.

Every athlete...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

I think this is a critical issue and likely a reason why this debate will rage on for years. Whoever wins the cup next may likely change the boats to water ballasted sharpies. In just a few years...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

No but if the oracle team designed them a club that could hit a ball faster than the speed of sound you can be sure they would all be using it.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Ok. I don't agree with you but, as my wife says, if everyone thinks like me we'd be in big trouble.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Is it always up to someone else to minimize your exposure to risk; or can it be a personal decision.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

"I'm not really following the difference"

Ok

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

It is an elective event , the AC. If I were forced to work in unsafe conditions your line of argument would have merit. But at least here, in New England, I'm not forced to do anything except pay...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 281

Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

Views: 5,808

Posted By Alden68

Re: Another America’s Cup entry destroyed

I work in construction. According to OSHA 721 people were killed in construction accidents in 2011.

Should I stay home and not earn a living? It is orders of magnitude more dangerous than the...

Forum: US Northeast

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 12

Marblehead to Hampton, NH

Views: 321

Posted By Alden68

Re: Marblehead to Hampton, NH

Agreed on the chart review. There is some great coastal navigation in that area. I find the trip south to the Cape Cod canal really boring; but going north either thru or around Cape Anne to be...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 26

Boston Bomber in a Boat

Views: 1,334

Posted By Alden68

Re: Boston Bomber in a Boat

The suspect was done fleeing. He was curled up in someones Sea Ray bleeding out. Good thing he was found before he passed. It will cost us a lot more money in the long run but perhaps something...

Forum: US Northeast

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 12

Marblehead to Hampton, NH

Views: 321

Posted By Alden68

Re: Marblehead to Hampton, NH

Klem - Just curious on your comment about not going inside Thatchers. 100% for not going inside (west) of Milk Island but I have traveled North & South inside of Thatchers for years and years. In...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

05-09-2012

Replies: 82

Closing seacocks

Views: 5,060

Posted By Alden68

Re: Closing seacocks

I closed all 7 every time I left the boat if I wanted peace of mind ashore. I replaced the cockpit drain thru-hulls, seacocks and hoses when I bought the boat knowing that they would always remain...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

04-13-2012

Replies: 150

Your ONE piece of wisdom...

Views: 10,822

Posted By Alden68

Re: Your ONE piece of wisdom...

Learn how to use your VHF radio....not just the buttons but the etiquette. If you have to call for help because you're up to your knees in water you might as well not sound like a power boater :)

Forum: Cruising & Liveaboard Forum

04-12-2012

Replies: 821

Full or fin keel?

Views: 62,664

Posted By Alden68

Re: Full or fin keel?

I hope that the posters here take to heart Jeff's message. Its hard to compare apples to apples in this kind of discussion but without it there is little relevance. You can't compare a heavily built...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-17-2011

Replies: 12

Yacht names.

Views: 1,532

Posted By Alden68

Can you give some examples of the yacht names you...

Can you give some examples of the yacht names you are talking about?

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-16-2011

Replies: 44

Heeling

Views: 8,215

Posted By Alden68

They are absolutely theoretical as you have...

They are absolutely theoretical as you have pointed out. No graph in the world matters when your copy of Chapmans flies off the shelf and stoves in your head. But they are excellent comparison...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-16-2011

Replies: 44

Heeling

Views: 8,215

Posted By Alden68

Come on Paulo that is trickery to try and make a...

Come on Paulo that is trickery to try and make a point....that boat has a canting keel!

Without the keel mechanism that open 60 would have sat upside down in that harbor for the rest of time!
...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-15-2011

Replies: 44

Heeling

Views: 8,215

Posted By Alden68

Dean: Don't worry...you have it figured out...

Dean:

Don't worry...you have it figured out a lot more rationally than some people. You are absolutely right the Cape dory is a relatively narrow design shared by many of its era and philosophy. ...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-15-2011

Replies: 44

Heeling

Views: 8,215

Posted By Alden68

That would only be the case if the boat somehow...

That would only be the case if the boat somehow started to weigh more. It can't displace anymore water than its own weight. An asymetrical hull will change the trim of the boat as it heels which is...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-12-2011

Replies: 47

How much more efficient is a heeled boat? 35% more efficient!

Views: 3,530

Posted By Alden68

I understand your answer but..... Why not...

I understand your answer but.....

Why not just design the boat to be most efficient at I don't know, say, 12 degrees of heel given normal, expected conditions. Under or over and you lose...

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