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17-05-2013, 15:19
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#31
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: UK
Boat: Van De Stadt Excalibur 36
Posts: 915
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Re: why does it have a sail?
Very interesting and also eccentric in many ways. Some even look like extended tug boats along the waterline. Not my taste but heck, ... I can appreciate the eccentricity and exceptional difference. I guess it is great fun for those involved ... now, will I cross the ocean with one? Yes, the day I have a death wish haha. Would I enjoy the space and apparent large cosiness inside? Yes, if I looked forward to the fun, didn't want the adventure of the ocean, and had the camaraderie of my fellow (likeminded) sailors! Damn, I am tempted to go and interview them and see what it's all about. I'm not tempted to live that life though. HORSES FOR COURSES. Have fun there, fellow sailors!
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17-05-2013, 19:05
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#32
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cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: medusa NY
Boat: Tayana Surprise 45 schooner "Union Pacific"
Posts: 2,097
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Re: why does it have a sail?
i cant figure out where the helm is?
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17-05-2013, 20:45
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#33
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Northern British Columbia, part of the time in Prince Rupert and part of the time on Moresby Island.
Boat: 50-ft steel Ketch
Posts: 1,884
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Re: why does it have a sail?
The traditional method is a tiller which comes up from the rudder stock over the stern rail. The helmsman's position is in a sunken well:
http://www.smallcraft.net/research/t...and_in_london/
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17-05-2013, 21:01
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#34
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central California
Boat: M/V Carquinez Coot
Posts: 3,782
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Re: why does it have a sail?
The modern Dutch equivalent:
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17-05-2013, 22:30
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#35
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: sydney, australia
Boat: 38 roberts ketch
Posts: 1,309
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Re: why does it have a sail?
yep, even has the car on the foredeck...
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17-05-2013, 22:46
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#36
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central California
Boat: M/V Carquinez Coot
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Re: why does it have a sail?
Quote:
Originally Posted by charliehows
yep, even has the car on the foredeck...
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that's typical, although the automobiles are often placed behind the pilothouse.
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18-05-2013, 03:49
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#37
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cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: medusa NY
Boat: Tayana Surprise 45 schooner "Union Pacific"
Posts: 2,097
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Re: why does it have a sail?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Astrid
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so if someone bought such a thing today they would install a pilothouse and hydraulic steering?
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18-05-2013, 04:42
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#39
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cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: medusa NY
Boat: Tayana Surprise 45 schooner "Union Pacific"
Posts: 2,097
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Re: why does it have a sail?
lol
never have seen those before.
bit under rated thou, the barge weights 15 ton.
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25-05-2013, 02:50
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#40
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cruiser
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: medusa NY
Boat: Tayana Surprise 45 schooner "Union Pacific"
Posts: 2,097
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Re: why does it have a sail?
some sad news. the owner scrapped the boat. i think thats a huge loss, as that is some shockingly good woodwork, and if it had not been on the left coast, i would be the new owner. i love unique things.
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08-06-2013, 22:35
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#41
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: sydney, australia
Boat: 38 roberts ketch
Posts: 1,309
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Re: why does it have a sail?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Travelnik
I like it! That would be a perfect liveaboard for my wife and I.
Just the right boat for the US Gulf and East coasts, the ICW/Great Loop, and the inland waterways.
Lots of room for my 2 dogs to play also!
Here's a video of some of those barges racing:
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FAN-TAS-TIC vid, where the ### did you find that? Ordinarily i hate racing in sailboats - sort of contradiction in terms taken over by rich f^^ks but that was a lesson in sportsmanship...alas, those days are gone...maybe
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09-06-2013, 00:38
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#42
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 267
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Re: why does it have a sail?
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09-06-2013, 02:27
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#43
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Switzerland
Boat: So many boats to choose from. Would prefer something that is not an AWB, and that is beachable...
Posts: 1,324
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Re: why does it have a sail?
Quote:
Originally Posted by charliehows
FAN-TAS-TIC vid, where the ### did you find that? Ordinarily i hate racing in sailboats - sort of contradiction in terms taken over by rich f^^ks but that was a lesson in sportsmanship...alas, those days are gone...maybe
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"Yachting" was basically invented by the Dutch. Even the word is Dutch...
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