Not being able to see where you are going

[Meriachee]

Walt, how could you fly a black monstrosity like that when it blocks the sun from the panel.

 

[Meriachee]

ow do these crazy people see anything around them with those huge helmets they wear?!?!

From the original "Italian Job"; "the first rule of Italian driving, what's behind me is not important."

 

[walt]

Walt, how could you fly a black monstrosity like that when it blocks the sun from the panel.

As long as I am "aware" of the partial shading on the panel, it makes it no problem.

 

[justsomeguy]

the deck sweeper blind spot is much safer than someone passed out drunk with an auto pilot locked in.

It's perfectly safe. I have a D license.

 

[Jackdaw]

The other side of the coin.

I was racing in Texas this winter and the boat owner had bought this HUGE asym. He told the sailmaker to make it as 'big as would fit'. Texas sized I guess. It basically is a 180% and flew a few inches above the water. It was actually impossible to see through or around from anywhere on the boat. I told him I'd never race with that thing again.

 

[Meriachee]

That's an Alberta sized sail. Heck, it doesn't even go to the tack, it could have been a foot longer.

 

[Jackdaw]

That's an Alberta sized sail. Heck, it doesn't even go to the tack, it could have been a foot longer.

That was keeping the foot out of the water.

 

[Scott T-Bird]

A water-sweeper!

 

[Sumner]

Just rig the boat so you can get out far enough to see around it.

Adding a Johnson lever and raising the sail on the Mac has made cruising much more enjoyable. Usually not others around much but still nicer to see the scenery,

Sumner
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1300 miles to The Bahamas and Back in the Mac...
Endeavour 37 Mods...
MacGregor 26-S Mods...
Mac Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida, Bahamas

 

[centerline]

Ouch!!

I suppose we could agree on this .. the deck sweeper blind spot is much safer than someone passed out drunk with an auto pilot locked in.

.... I believe the autopilot has every chance to be as "unsafe" or used irresponsibly as does the deck sweeper.....possibly even more so, and for the same reason. but keep a sharp lookout and the issue goes away....

most of us are responsible boaters most of the time, but not all of us are responsible boaters all the time.... I think if honesty was a matter of life or death, I think everyone would have their own story of how they do something stupid and irresponsible from time to time.... I know a lot of people will disagree, but just because no one notices doesnt mean it didnt happen...

 

[WayneH]

The other side of the coin.

I was racing in Texas this winter and the boat owner had bought this HUGE asym. He told the sailmaker to make it as 'big as would fit'. Texas sized I guess. It basically is a 180% and flew a few inches above the water. It was actually impossible to see through or around from anywhere on the boat. I told him I'd never race with that thing again.

He was just seining for bass, Jackdaw. I've seen a few boats on Galveston Bay that were picking up shrimp in their spins. Heck, I've been on one that was throwing a rooster tail from the pole!!!! NOT my boat. The Admiral would make me walk the plank if I did that.

 

[Ron20324]

[QUOTE.... The Admiral would make me walk the plank if I did that.[/QUOTE]

I've got good news for you, Wayne... these are FIBERGLASS boats- they don't HAVE planks

 

[Charlie Jones s/v Tehani]

Hah- you don't know his admiral- I do

Actually she's a sweetheart. I've seen her sail while being very seasick