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• Crap on de back
  • Another look
  • In Utila Honduras
  • That's thinking outside of the box, er making a bigger box!
  • You should'a changed the graphics to "Manta 42"
    • This way maybe he can slide by
      • It is surprising how many places just take your word for it...
        • That's funny!
        • Our sail cover says "Malö 41" and we're 42'10" overall
      • Ouch, tell me about it...
        • in our marina you pay for the slip, based on IT's length
          • Still the most reasonable marina anywhere around
          • ever notice that visiting rates are quoted by the foot...
      • I look at it this way
        • Perhaps change the graphics to 40+
  • Brilliant! Drastic! Rarely do cruisers admit extra weight slows them down.
    • Hard to hide the fact that your bottom steps are underwater!
      • There is that 'I don't like the way you cruise', thing...
        • I wasn't clear
          • I see. Some new friends out cruising are looking at closing the adventure.
            • Reminds me of Eric Bogle's "Safe in the Harbor" chorus
              • Fine words. Parts of my friends are torn.
                • After my first round of "cruising" I
                  • Steve.......
                  • I cringe when I see a middle aged or older couples, 'sell it all and sail away,...'
                    • During our time....
                      • We ran into some of them our selves.
                      • Saw a lot of that in the Caribbean...
                    • I don't understand why you cringe
                      • When I first cruised, back in the early 80's, we did about the same, BUT
                        • George Carlin routine on 'stuff'. (youtube)
                      • What about money?
                        • Yes, we have savings
                          • Good point
                      • I had figured you in the 'young' context, Mark.
                        • Might be heresy on this board
                          • We spent most of our time either
                        • We both committed career suicide
                      • Cringing is only if we can see (or think based on simple observation) that
                    • Coming up on five years living aboard and the boat is home
                      • That sounds like a great way to live.
                        • Tom, check out airbnb.com
                          • That's very interesting. I bookmarked it, thanks Larry.
    • Weight is an under-rated factor in performance
      • Not if you sail a multihull
        • I think you misread "under-rated" as "over-rated"
          • No, Weight is not underrated.
            • OK - lack of weight is under-rated
  • Mark, that is AWESOME... Great job, really improves the look of the boat as well, makes it look even faster (grin)
  • Ultimate 'crap on de back'
    • Motor boat with a mast?
    • In his defense, the boat is so small
      • The roof looks like a rain catcher
        • You got it! Everyone needs fresh water.
    • If he'd raised the boom..
    • That's looking mighty good to me right now.
      • Having done the ICW a few times, those enclosures make perfect sense to me.
        • Yeah boy. First time I came south in the ICW was in November, from Annapolis
          • Oh! the advantages of a pilothouse!
            • LOL- forgot ski mitts-
              • Yeah, we had to buy ski mitts in Nags Head. Ever look for ski mitts in Nags Head?
                • Sorta like me trying to buy an all wool stocking cap, here on the Texas coast!! Usual response was "huh???"
                  • Or like trying to buy pink antifreeze
                    • I couldn't find it in Florida either, but for a different reason...
                      • Must have been Jan, 2010. I was in Punta Gorda and it was 23 degrees. Never got above 30 for 10 days. News was saying
                      • wow, even the grocery store here stocks pink antifreeze..