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Now performance - driving the new cheese wedge shaped hull - is making sailboats bigger, still.
In Response To: Let's not forget that the sailing mags all push "BIGGER" Can't live on something under 40-45 feet!! ()
But I think boats like this, are getting lighter, and that means cheaper to build. Lighter boats means lighter rigs, lighter bolts, lighter = cheaper.
The shape of this boat envelopes a lot of space. It seems the sailing defined by new boats today, is a lighter form. Not long distance, not long term, not really 'cruising', so accommodations are lighter as well. So what do you do with all this space? They must be 'light and airy' below. A new trend?
Messages In This Thread
- Trends and consequences
- Re: Trends and consequences... economic booms and busts...
- Re: Trends and consequences... economic booms and busts...
- I don't know how we got here, but the trend to pick up used boats to 'live aboard', is startling.
- Interesting addition Tom
- I wondered how your club was growing it's boat population.
- the original blue collar plan
- Wow, what a deal to keep a boat. On a dock, no less.
- I wish we had something like that here...
- Wow, what a deal to keep a boat. On a dock, no less.
- the original blue collar plan
- I wondered how your club was growing it's boat population.
- Right Tom
- Re: I don't know how we got here, but the trend to pick up used boats to 'live aboard', is startling
- Interesting addition Tom
- I don't know how we got here, but the trend to pick up used boats to 'live aboard', is startling.
- Let's not forget that the sailing mags all push "BIGGER" Can't live on something under 40-45 feet!!
- Now performance - driving the new cheese wedge shaped hull - is making sailboats bigger, still.
- Re: Trends and consequences... economic booms and busts...
- Re: Trends and consequences... economic booms and busts...
