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Date Posted: 10:02:28 10/21/08 Tue
Author: Ari
Subject: Re: Membership Story
In reply to: Dan Bickford 's message, "Re: Membership Story" on 17:35:12 10/20/08 Mon

Wow. Have never heard of these boats before. Pretty impressive looking. They remind me of the type of open-but-seaworthy ship's boats that people like Captain Blight would sail thousands of miles if they had too. Back in the days before EPIRBs, lifeboats had to be able to get somewhere on their own...

I've been sailing the Ultimate 24 more lately, and I've come to think that small fast boats make a LOT of sense for semi-protected water. The U24 will outsail bigger, more expensive on every point of sail. Then, when you get where you're going it's so much easier to short-tack into narrow harbours or row or fend off.

Actually, when I look at Macha vs. a Sea Pearl, it almost seems like the traditional difference between "ship" and "boat".

In a similar vein, we just got a Fatty Knees 8' dinghy which just sorta mostly fits on our cabintop between our mast and our solar panels. We were inspired by the Pardeys on that one as they just swear by hard dinghies. I don't think anyone has come up with a good way to secure hard dinghies on passages, but I don't think the Pardeys have ever lost theirs. We just love rowing and sailing the little boat around the Estuary.

I could imagine that if one had a big-ass ship with plenty of deck space, something like a Sea Pearl 21 would make the ultimate tender!

Has anyone ever sailed one of those Norse Boats? Like the Sea Pearl, they also seem like great coastal camp cruisers.

- Ari

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