not so Merry Christmas

[Mike D]

Sly Fox Lost Rudder

The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article today about the SlyFox lost rudder issue. For those of you interested in more information, click on the link.Personally, I take a lot of heat from fellow boaters on the Hunter rudder issue. Also, I am on my theoretical third rudder since 1998. And I might add, at MY COST!Not very thrilling to hear this news.Mike D

 

[Mike D]

Sly Fox Lost Rudder

The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article today about the SlyFox lost rudder issue. For those of you interested in more information, click on the link.Personally, I take a lot of heat from fellow boaters on the Hunter rudder issue. Also, I am on my theoretical third rudder since 1998. And I might add, at MY COST!Not very thrilling to hear this news.Mike D

 

[John Nantz]

In Defence of the Picture of the 46

There has been many a time when things were really nasty and I took a picture only to look at it later and be surprised at 'how calm' it looked! I don't know what the problem is but pictures of rough seas with white caps sometimes just don't seem to do justice.And with regard to being a "coastal cruiser", I would think, and hope, that a boat in the 40-foot range, especially the mid-40s, should be designed and expected to be a tad more and 'just a coastal cruiser'. Haven't looked at any of their brochures but that would be interesting.

 

[John Nantz]

In Defence of the Picture of the 46

There has been many a time when things were really nasty and I took a picture only to look at it later and be surprised at 'how calm' it looked! I don't know what the problem is but pictures of rough seas with white caps sometimes just don't seem to do justice.And with regard to being a "coastal cruiser", I would think, and hope, that a boat in the 40-foot range, especially the mid-40s, should be designed and expected to be a tad more and 'just a coastal cruiser'. Haven't looked at any of their brochures but that would be interesting.

 

[jk kudera]

I stand corrected

The photo is a 46, our local paper also reported that the boat was a 26, My error sorry!

 

[jk kudera]

I stand corrected

The photo is a 46, our local paper also reported that the boat was a 26, My error sorry!

 

[Ed Schenck]

Alternative steering.

This should serve to remind all of us to practice alternative methods of steering. We have a local racing sailor who teaches steering with the sails for example. Every offshore sailor should have practiced that. Then there are numerous ways to make a rudder. The plans for that should be readily available in the nav table(where I keep my emergency tiller).Even knowing this I think that I will open up the rudder on my 1979 H37C. Every time I take a pounding across Lake Erie I think about the construction of that 25 year old rudder. And it has always been painted black!