07-07-2009, 11:11 AM
How do you survive that? Time tested tech.
http://sv-macha.blogspot.com/2008/09/mac...oyage.html
My old boat. Life boat design, for those kinds of conditions. You'll note that it's an extreme low profile design. Race boats of today have more deadrise. The cabin top is laminated marine plywood 4 inches thick. The portlights are solid bronze with 1/2 inch tempered glass. The hull has bulkheads on 20 inch centers. The boat weighs 34000 pounds, 14000 of which is ballast and stores. 3 sets of watertight collision bulkheads. 200 gallons a minute worth of pumps. The mast is 3/16's steel pipe at 6.5. The rig is 1/2 IWRC mil spec cable. Brick poophouse, as they say. Built that to go to Antarctica, but I got arthritis, go figure. They young couple that are sailing it are doing a very good job. I'm going to build a steel canoe.
Believe me, you see real wind once, you'll respond accordingly.
http://sv-macha.blogspot.com/2008/09/mac...oyage.html
My old boat. Life boat design, for those kinds of conditions. You'll note that it's an extreme low profile design. Race boats of today have more deadrise. The cabin top is laminated marine plywood 4 inches thick. The portlights are solid bronze with 1/2 inch tempered glass. The hull has bulkheads on 20 inch centers. The boat weighs 34000 pounds, 14000 of which is ballast and stores. 3 sets of watertight collision bulkheads. 200 gallons a minute worth of pumps. The mast is 3/16's steel pipe at 6.5. The rig is 1/2 IWRC mil spec cable. Brick poophouse, as they say. Built that to go to Antarctica, but I got arthritis, go figure. They young couple that are sailing it are doing a very good job. I'm going to build a steel canoe.
Believe me, you see real wind once, you'll respond accordingly.