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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-01-2013, 04:38
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Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

This isnt a ketch trick as any dinghy sailor will demonstrate!!
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-01-2013, 05:10
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
That was my point. To have affordable secondhand...

That was my point. To have affordable secondhand ketches, there needs to be reasonably affordable new ones. And Amel isn't am example

Dave
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-01-2013, 18:07
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Trouble is outside of one or two designs, you'd...

Trouble is outside of one or two designs, you'd be hard pushed to buy a new ketch.

Dave
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 21-09-2012, 13:02
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Best of luck trying to find be these days. ...

Best of luck trying to find be these days.

Jib and jigger is really making a virtue out of a necessity, the main is further forward and jib and main is more unbalanced on a ketch then a proper...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-07-2012, 08:10
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Your right the ketch rig isn't dead, nor in fact...

Your right the ketch rig isn't dead, nor in fact is any rig, but it's heyday is well over.

Dave
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-07-2012, 05:25
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
I would dispute that , ketches are reaching...

I would dispute that , ketches are reaching machines. ( if done right) not downwind machines.

Schooners are not windward machines, the mains backwind each other, hence they cannot point as high...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-07-2012, 05:21
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
I have sailed several, but the fact remains pound...

I have sailed several, but the fact remains pound for pound a sloop will out perform a ketch, whens the last time you saw a competitive club racer in ketch form. And when I talk about club racing I...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-07-2012, 03:15
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

No its a combination that the extra cost of a ketch doesn't not bring any appreciable sailing or performance benefit over a modern enhanced sail handling sloop.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 12-07-2012, 00:49
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
This is nonsense zeehag, you know what you are...

This is nonsense zeehag, you know what you are saying here is jibberish, take the Seldon catalogue and price up the cost of equipping a ketch. It's significantly more then a sloop.

As to going...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 14:53
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
I didn't say it was obsolete, I was giving my...

I didn't say it was obsolete, I was giving my reasons why is it not used much anymore on smaller yachts. But it in general is not a superior rig to a sloop

Dave
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 13:21
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
There is no evidence that ketches produce better...

There is no evidence that ketches produce better motion boats. The vast vast majority of so called blue water cruises today, from exalted builders are sloops. Given this type is not money sensitive,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 13:08
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
The mizzen whether ketch or yawl was an unrated...

The mizzen whether ketch or yawl was an unrated sail, hence it help popularise the design especially in smaller sizes.



You contradict yourself here, if you read about the development of the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 12:46
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
No , the fundamental reason you do not see...

No , the fundamental reason you do not see production ketches is that the rig offers no improvement over a well engineered sloop. Hence it's adds complexity in return for no gain or cost benefit....
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 07:21
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

You were lucky to have a lake! There were a hundred and fifty of us living in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 04:32
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

Beautiful yes, efficient no.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 04:14
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

In reality mass production builders like Hanse and Beneteau could produce any style of boat they or their customers like , including "retro" styling. Sure "hand crafted" interiors wouldn't feature,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 03:54
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

I dont deny it for a minute, absolutely buy the boat you like the look of. Then just accept that, its when people then try and tell you something built and designed in the 30's is better then today...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 01:46
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Most production sloops can be made into...

Most production sloops can be made into bluewatercruisers with simple modifications , you would do the same to any " long keeled" boat as well.

Most production sloops have more then enough "...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 11-07-2012, 01:36
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Firstly many standard production boats have...

Firstly many standard production boats have circumnavigated , including one of our CF members own, single handed for an Atlantic crossing in a beneteaus 393 ( a death trap according to the fogies) he...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-07-2012, 13:45
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
What a bunch of mis informed old fogies ...

What a bunch of mis informed old fogies

Today's boats cover more miles cross more seas and are enjoyed by a much wider audience then the nonsense of older designs that were slow , unsafe and...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-07-2012, 08:00
Replies: 502
Views: 126,479
Posted By goboatingnow
Long overhangs were designed as racing rules...

Long overhangs were designed as racing rules cheats it has nothing to do with good sailing characteristics. Witness the Bristol Chanel pilot cutters. ( straight stem )

Dave
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