What do you hate about your boat?

[sigmasailor]

I sold it....

[barnakiel]

A sound and valid question, I think.

In our own boat, nothing really. I could do without her endless rolling in ocean downwind conditions. Not much can be helped though as we are in a typical old style hull with only 23' of LOA or thereabouts.

There is usually something I hate in any of the big boats I work for. Most of the time it is something about too many too complicated systems that were fitted by people who do not care at all about the fact that all systems need access for maintenance.

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[davewtsnape]

I wish it had a bigger engine, for coming into Portsmouth against the tide

[zeehag]

rodkmffao..avsolutely nothing. th elil things that flustrate me are being modified, and broken stuff replaced. what is not to love about aformosa 41--everything is easily accessible for repair even at sea.
is roopmy enough for me n bubba
handles awesome well, i can turn her in 1 boat length if need be, and she sails easily even in biig winds. what is not to love.
answer to the question... even after 4 years out here, nothing .
i hate nothing about my boat.

[serannity]

Hey June and Bruce,

The thing that I hate about my boat is that it is sitting in a marina here in Roatan instead of exploring new visages. We did miss a few.

Might be up your way in October/November. By the way, how is your hand?

Lew

[paul k]

The fact that every time there is a breakdown or problem of sorts it costs a thousand dollars . uncanny how often that thousand dollars gets thrown at it.

[Rustic Charm]

I hate the paint work

I hate the 2003T VP engine

I hate that it doens't have a wheel house or coach house to get in out of the weather

I hate that's it.. I love everything else about it I think.

[GILow]

I hate that it gets to be on the water every day while I am chained to my desk.


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[Jim Cate]

Hmm... I wonder how many of these hated items will have vanished from the owners memory when time to sell comes around?

Jim

[FSMike]

Originally Posted by paul k

The fact that every time there is a breakdown or problem of sorts it costs a thousand dollars . uncanny how often that thousand dollars gets thrown at it.

That's why $1,000 is known as a "boat unit" lol.
B-O-A-T = Break Out Another Thousand.

[Panope]

The mast located smack dab in the middle of the V-birth. I should call it the chastity birth.

Steve

[northoceanbeach]

I don't think the storage is laid out well. I think maybe the bowsprit and bob stay is a failure point.

[Wulf]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

give me a Robertsons any day.

x2...I hate slotted and dislike Phillips...I change up to Robertsons every chance I get.

[secrabtree]

Originally Posted by PortClydeMe

YES! I hate that IT'S NOT MINE YET!!!

Ps; quality stuff is assembled with allen-head screws. Unlike slotted and phillips, allen-head screws never strip.

Yes, they do. And when they do they're harder to get out than a strioppe phillips or slotted. I just de-installed my windlasss so that I could take it into a machine shop so that they could take 2 months softening up the salt water corrosion and remove 4 Allen head machine screws.

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by secrabtree

Yes, they do. And when they do they're harder to get out than a strioppe phillips or slotted. I just de-installed my windlasss so that I could take it into a machine shop so that they could take 2 months softening up the salt water corrosion and remove 4 Allen head machine screws.

I can't imagine a Allen slotted screw being harder to get out than a Phillips head or Slot. I would imagine that any rust that would prevent an Allen coming undone would have already destroyed a Phillips or a Slot.