Cruising World Article

[44'cruisingcat]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Jeez..!!!
Why do you guys always have to over complicate a simple problem.. just shorten the bridle so the mooring buoy is equal distance from each hull.. aka cant reach either hull..
Voila.. problem solved

Yeah, they're now trying to figure out how to solve it for mono's.

[Jim Cate]

Crikeys! MUST you guys turn everything into a mono vs multi rage???

My simple point was to show t he one reason that I (that is me personally) would consider a bowsprit on a yacht for my own usage... was to allow one to stand off of a mooring float and not have it bang against the hull.

Yes, the thread was in the multihulll forum... so what? Hardly the first time that thread drift has happened on CF.

And for tom: On a yacht where the mast did not meet your "Especially the part about the purpose of a bowsprit allowing the mast to be stepped farther forward." definition, exactly what would you call the spar that projects forward from the bow, has the forestay secured to t he outer end, and may have a bobstay to resolve the forestay tensions? sounds like a bowsprit to me...

Jim