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We might all cut the vessel a little slack. ;^)))
In Response To: Wow, Bernard Stamm & crew rescued on approach to the English Channel... 
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() She was sold. http://www.bernard-gallay.com/yacht-for-sale/CHEMINEES-POUJOULAT-I-12. You can see som pic of her, the specs, and her history.
You can see she had a lot miles under her keel. (Not her first ) I'm sure she had been sailed longer distances than almost all of our boats combined have been through. That boat has been in tough condition most us would find intolerable, been banged, yanked, slammed, and generally abused.
You can see she lost her keel, returned race again.
Like a great race horse, her legs collapsed under her (again). I would think twice about calling her weak or suggesting she was defective. ;^))))
Messages In This Thread
- Wow, Bernard Stamm & crew rescued on approach to the English Channel...
- "The boat broke in two..." Yikes!
- I guess like sking in deep powder when both of your skis break
- "The front fell off?"
- Perspective..
- We might all cut the vessel a little slack. ;^)))
- Oh, while I'm at it, the French May get their share of jokes
- I'm no fan of overbuilding, but a hull that breaks in half sounds underbuilt to me.
- Yeah, I'm pretty impressed by the record of these Open 60s overall...
- Maybe they are tough, but the one that broke in half wasn't.
- Perspective in the picture is distorted?
- I would think designing bigger ships to endure storms is much more daunting.
- Sort of like space frams vs. simple spans
- Seems a world of things should break before, "the hull broke into two pieces in the middle"
- Yes, but I thought what they sails was the boat broke
- Seems a world of things should break before, "the hull broke into two pieces in the middle"
- Sort of like space frams vs. simple spans
- I would think designing bigger ships to endure storms is much more daunting.
- Edmund Fitzgerald?
- Perspective in the picture is distorted?
- Maybe they are tough, but the one that broke in half wasn't.
- Square Waves - Shiver me Timbers -
- "The boat broke in two..." Yikes!
