Advice for a Newbie on My End Goal - My Dream Monohull

[Charlie]

I'm with you Randy on the fully battened mainsail w/ lazy jacks. I would be worried about any main furling system jamming. But I also had that worry about roller furlers and they are a standard now. I have a J105 in a charter program (OCSC) now and when I suggested buying a Beneteau w/ an in mast furler the owner said that he would not be interested in taking that boat on b/c of all the problems that he had had with it. I tend to believe OCSC. Charter boats are probably second to cruising boats in terms of a testing ground for hard use. There is also the problem of performance with mainsail furling. It is hard to get the roach on a furling main and this loses a lot of good sail area. Being an ex main trimmer that would really bother me.

Charlie

[Talbot]

Randy, there is quite a bit in the multihull section about different type, and this should be pursued there.

[lilly]

You're dreaming man.
You want a high tech 41'-53' "two week' cruiser?
I'd like to see you and you 'techy' friends try to actually sail one let alone---well you know where I'm going.
As far as "two people" sailing one well like I said you're dreaming.
IF you have the money buy yourself a 32' Wauquiez Centurian or something similar.
A young man who used to work for me bought himself a Camaro. On the way home the dealership he put it in the ditch twice. The moral? Just because he was able to buy the car didn't mean he was able to drive it.

[mauibound]

Lilly, wow! what a half empty way of thinking. Good luck with that.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by mauibound

Lilly, wow! what a half empty way of thinking. Good luck with that.

Positive thinking should not be a substitute for positive action.

The potential problem with the “half full glass” philosophy is that it may sometimes obscure the fact that the “glass is too large”.

The power of positive thinking is one of the most pervasive myths of our time. It creates totally unrealistic expectations, and fosters a culture of entitlement - as if all you need to do to achieve something is to want it.

The Hippocratic maxim: "before all else, above all, first, do no harm, harm nothing" (primum nihil nocere) suggests that we consider the downside before the upside. Explore the risks before the benefits.

Plan and prepare for the risks, that we may enjoy the benefits (relatively unencumbered).

[MarkJ]

We dug up a 3 year old thread?

I wonder if the OP ever boaught a boat....


Nope. Still chartering... prolly still burnt out.

[gr8trn]

MauiJeff,
You are talking to someone from 2006, have a look at the post date on the top left of the post.