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Forum: Our Community 18-11-2013, 07:40
Replies: 263
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Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

So what you are essentially saying is that I could have a simple boat that could have enough "stuff" that I would spend every waking moment repairing and maintaining with no time for sailing.
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Forum: Our Community 12-11-2013, 15:35
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

Complex - in the context of this thread is not technically complex but more toward degrees of freedom to fail and/or maintain. Systems having parts, components, subsystems that tend fail or require...
Forum: Our Community 12-11-2013, 12:58
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

Am not sure what you are trying to communicate here. Can you make it simple for the slow guys?
Forum: Our Community 12-11-2013, 10:50
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

The first item of business after purchase and delivery of the Mason was to disconnect and remove the TV. We gave it away. Don't have commercial TV reception in my house either as it tends to spoil...
Forum: Our Community 12-11-2013, 10:48
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

1. The criteria for the list in my post was two parts. A boat 40 and under AND a boat used for 1 or 2 week vacations and day sailing, not long term cruising.

BTW, numbers 7, 12, and 14 are...
Forum: Our Community 12-11-2013, 07:19
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: A "Simple" Boat

I think it is a very small fraction of the cruising community that does not have access to the repair infrastructure within a couple days. This may mean a couple day transit to a town/city but in...
Forum: Our Community 11-11-2013, 18:34
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: a 'simple" boat

Tent camping is great for a few weeks. But most folks would not want to live in a tent for 1 to 10 years. There are some that would but they are an exception. Most folks, not all, but most, want the...
Forum: Our Community 11-11-2013, 10:58
Replies: 263
Views: 27,618
Posted By LakeSuperior
Re: a 'simple" boat

The answer reduces to a combination of how you will use the boat and how large the boat is. I have had both ends of the spectrum. From foot pumped water to hot and cold on demand. From no heat or A/C...
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