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• Herb McCormicks four part essay is now on line
  • It's a fairly remarkably piece on many levels
  • Thanks, Doug. Very well written article.
  • That's a great read - honest and introspective. Thanks for sharing.
    • I too pushed my limits meeting family flying in to Portland in iffy weather ( I'm a coastal cruiser
      • LOL! I chatted briefly with Mark Pillsbury (editor of CW) aboard the new Hunter 47 in Annapolis...
        • What's your problem with that cleat. Jon?
          • Re: What's your problem with that cleat. Jon?
          • You are kidding about the principal problem, Jeremy and Larry?
            • Oh! Beer cooling and bait bucket hanging makes sense....
            • Good point. Maybe it's really intended for a stern anchor on a very short rode?
        • In a different "context"
          • No doubt those from Nautor are pretty slick, I haven't seen them...
            • And, how's this for an example of 'Attention to Detail' on the part of a Boat Show Exhibitor...?
              • I have to cut them some slack. That happens every other year on my boat.
              • Bad design, not just improper set-up from the boat show. ;^)))
                • They used to get it right when it was a lot more complicated.
                  • And speaking of life line design, look at these.
                  • Your lifelines, in the picture, look pretty interwoven, Tom. :^)))))
                    • No, they're the Concordia cast solid bronze stancions that came with the boat.
                      • The price fathers pay
                        • Not a good face. I think of these incidents as payback from beyond the grave.
                  • LOL! Calling that "Faux Teak" is very charitable, Tom...
                    • Re: LOL! Calling that "Faux Teak" is very charitable, Tom... does the accompanying photo
                      • LOL! Nice applicator.
                    • I'd bet the adhesive will outlast the material
            • What goes in that very shallow stern slot under the cockpit?
              • Your guess is as good as mine, Steve...
            • Must be push-button steering on that thing too.
        • The writer is diplomatic, but he doesn't leave much out.
  • I was struck by how much time was spent fixing electronics
  • Great read...
    • Re: Great read...
      • That was Charlie Doane of SAIL, not Herb, who was aboard that Alpha 42...
        • Oops, my bad! That was Charlie Doane of SAIL, not Herb, who was aboard that Alpha 42...
        • Charlies most recent post about Annapolis show is hilarious...
          • I enjoyed his report on the show. Seeing those boats, I think I must be living under a rock up here,
            • I think I must be living under a rock up here....
              • Maybe our 'wow factor' meters are broken up here.
                • For instance, this photo on Wavetrain...
                  • That's a roller furler up there (it's the only real clue)
                    • I wasn't sure that was on this boat. So this must be the first 'dry' sailing boat?