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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 01-09-2015, 14:06
Replies: 502
Views: 126,435
Posted By europaflyer
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Mr Sponberg argues his point far more effectively than I can.

The people with the money to build new boats are not the same people who hold on to the belief that the ketch is a fine tool for the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 31-07-2015, 16:18
Replies: 1
Views: 2,231
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Replacement engine for Nelson Marek Morgan 454

Beta do custom mounts to fit existing installations. The Beta 38 would probably be the obvious choice, as it has exactly the same displacement (1.49 litres) as your existing diesel. Very well thought...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 30-04-2015, 14:01
Replies: 361
Views: 57,466
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Cheeki Rafiki loss report

Transmitterdan - I think those are some very fair points. I'll certainly change my mental order for sourcing leaks... although tasting it to see if it is fresh or seawater will still stay at the top....
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 30-04-2015, 11:23
Replies: 361
Views: 57,466
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Cheeki Rafiki loss report

I'm not so sure about the small backing plate theory. If that was the problem, we would have seen the bolts pull through the hull with their plates, leaving holes in way of the bolts. What I see is:...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 30-04-2015, 04:51
Replies: 361
Views: 57,466
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Cheeki Rafiki loss report

The elephant in the room seems to me to be that the hull liner ('Matrix') is just glued in to the hull. A vast amount of evidence shows that there is no reliable way of gluing units in to a hull...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 29-04-2015, 13:11
Replies: 7
Views: 1,653
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Identify this engine?

Yanmar 2QM20 seems a likely candidate. Produced between 1975 and 1980. (without sounding too unkind I hope, that took about two minutes of Googling... :flowers: )

Probably not beyond hope, if it...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-04-2015, 03:15
Replies: 153
Views: 20,396
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Interesting 'bluewater' test !! RTW

Absolutely! I don't know enough about the chap to be too rude about him, but he seems to be enforcing a rather bizarre and narrow 'box rule', which, by pure coincidence I am sure, perfectly...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-04-2015, 12:57
Replies: 17
Views: 7,362
Posted By europaflyer
Re: A short movie for all Bavaria sceptics :-)

Pleased that you say they seem to be getting back on top of the quality again. I hadn't really looked at the Visions before, but as you say they do seem to have a more 'owner orientated' interior...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-04-2015, 10:44
Replies: 17
Views: 7,362
Posted By europaflyer
Re: A short movie for all Bavaria sceptics :-)

Just to clarify, I was talking about the 2008 (Farr) line, not the 2002 (J&J) line, which I rather like. I wasn't having a go at anyones boat here. I can't pass informed comment on the Vision line.
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 24-04-2015, 09:42
Replies: 17
Views: 7,362
Posted By europaflyer
Re: A short movie for all Bavaria sceptics :-)

Nothing wrong with Bavarias that isn't also wrong with Beneteau, Jeanneau etc. Particularly the older models like this one always struck me as being fairly well designed and built, and pretty good...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-04-2015, 12:20
Replies: 153
Views: 20,396
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Interesting 'bluewater' test !! RTW

Not a bad idea in principle, but what a very silly set of rules, which discount some of the very best 'bluewater' boats out there. Limited to GRP? What!? So, for example, no Joshua, which was proven...
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 19-04-2015, 10:51
Replies: 37
Views: 5,732
Posted By europaflyer
Re: College Students want to Bareboat in Italy

Great! Hard to go wrong with the Med. Glad they had fun.
Forum: Cruising News & Events 15-04-2015, 14:44
Replies: 48
Views: 10,419
Posted By europaflyer
Re: North Pacific Gyre Debris Causes Abandonment

Never sailed at relativistic speeds myself... although I occasionally give engine orders to the helm as a warp factor. :biggrin:
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 30-03-2015, 08:49
Replies: 37
Views: 5,732
Posted By europaflyer
Re: College Students want to Bareboat in Italy

What, really? Not speaking about this case, but there are plenty of teenagers out there who are far better qualified than some rich 'older people' who assume that they can just hop in to the biggest...
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 30-03-2015, 08:38
Replies: 37
Views: 5,732
Posted By europaflyer
Re: College Students want to Bareboat in Italy

The Med isn't tidal, and that's one of the biggest hurdles for newbies. A 40' boat isn't all that big really, someone familiar with a 30' boat should be able to handle it. I was really very naive and...
Forum: Electric Propulsion (EP) 26-03-2015, 15:46
Replies: 81
Views: 15,034
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Diesel vs Electric Engine

To my mind, electric motors are for - and only for - people who are 'nearly engineless' already, but aren't ready to totally abandon those nice sheltered harbours or tricky coves quite yet, so need,...
Forum: Our Community 23-02-2015, 14:19
Replies: 87
Views: 12,140
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Hats Off to the Royal Navy

Culture of violence, well perhaps. I think that your post makes an important point though - although rifle/shotgun ownership is high in, for example, Canada and Switzerland, handgun ownership isn't...
Forum: Our Community 23-02-2015, 13:54
Replies: 87
Views: 12,140
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Hats Off to the Royal Navy

Having a machine designed to kill you pointed at you by someone you don't know who is ordering you to do things you don't want to can have that effect... misguided adrenaline fueled self preservation...
Forum: Our Community 22-02-2015, 03:34
Replies: 87
Views: 12,140
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Hats Off to the Royal Navy

HMS Smiter, Glasgow University Royal Naval Unit. Like the rest of the P2000 class (with the exception of two at Faslane) she is crewed by university students from one of 14 URNUs around the country,...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-02-2015, 14:24
Replies: 27
Views: 11,152
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Hunter keel fell off !!!

I admit it almost always doesn't! But put a Hunter and a Rassy, Rustler, etc. side by side and you realise it certainly doesn't equal the same quality either... :peace:
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-02-2015, 14:08
Replies: 27
Views: 11,152
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Hunter keel fell off !!!

Curious - it seems to be both bolted and somehow encapsulated. Rest assured modern Hunter keels are not built this way.

I'm tired of Hunter-bashing bashing (sic!). Hunters are what they are, they...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-02-2015, 12:52
Replies: 689
Views: 120,407
Posted By europaflyer
Re: The Flyin Hawaiian is gone!

Couldn't agree more...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-02-2015, 10:48
Replies: 689
Views: 120,407
Posted By europaflyer
Re: The Flyin Hawaiian is gone!

Fair enough.

Although I wonder how many of us would really get away with being subjected to the extreme level of scrutiny they were? Putting to sea in a boat with some serious deferred...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 06-02-2015, 05:57
Replies: 689
Views: 120,407
Posted By europaflyer
Re: The Flyin Hawaiian is gone!

Whoa, did I miss the point when we all turned against Rebel Heart/Eric? What happened?

Last I heard, all he had done was take a child who was a bit young on an ocean voyage (a lot of people do it,...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 03-02-2015, 01:14
Replies: 61
Views: 11,249
Posted By europaflyer
Re: Flyin Hawaiian Breaking Up?

Well, his daughter (allegedly) did for a while. Never quite reached the giddy highs of the SA thread though...
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