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Date Posted: 10:55:16 01/22/09 Thu
Author: Matt Johnson
Subject: Macha question, Connecticut sailors, etc,

First I want to say thanks to Jay for his book, and to the Oar club. Inspiring, all of it.
I've been shopping for a good sea steading boat again, thanks to reading Jay's book that has rekindled my long dream of the sailing life. I have a few questions about Jay's boat, Macha. I've always been under the impression that Colin Archer boats were slow. But with Macha that doesn't seem to be the case. I would have thought that boats like this would be even more reliant on an engine auxiliary.I think I read that that Macha was similar to a Alajuela 38 and a Alajuela was an expanded Westsail 32, also known as the "WestSNAIL".So is the press on these boats wrong. Is it just that these heavy boats are frequently under canvased? Are there advantages to these boats, or are they just too heavy to be practical?
Here is one I just found. Bargain?
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1975/Alajuela--1920617/Houston/TX/United-States

I'm currently living in New Haven, CT, any Oar Club members out here? I'll be here for 1-2 more years while my wife is in School before moving back to the northwest. Anybody need crew on Long Island Sound?

Not sure if I qualify for the oar club membership. My first boat was an engine less Folkboat that I lived on and sailed on the hook in Eagle Harbor during 1995-96. I was working a lot so the only way to sail was to head out when I should have been sleeping. I used to head out late at night pretty regularly for a few hours in the blustery winter weather. I sailed off and on the anchor, and on and off the dock if I needed to load on supplies, or occasional crew. Sculled out of a marina slip occasionally. I put quiet a few miles under the keel that winter, but never made another port, just out to Elliott bay and back. I sailed more since then in various boats, but they were either short engine less trips or boats with occasional motoring, so none have taught me nearly as much as my time on the Folkboat.
Sorry if I rambled too long

Cheers, Matt Johnson

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