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zeehag · 20-11-2010, 09:21

speakeasy--i know the road to la paz is a toll road and easily driven even with the checkpoints set up by the federales....this was confirmed by a friend driving back just a couple of weeks ago....

smb--sounds nice n colorful--mine is white hull with multicolor rub rail and forest green canvas and gonna be indigo added for my royal lineage and 9000yr old celtic dna.....

Yachts66 · 20-11-2010, 17:17

Zeehag said:

Quote:

at least with an imaginary boat you only have to spend imaginary dollars.....

To which I reply:

AMEN!!

Little Monkey that there be a Roberts for true! The stern arch leaves me cold, but other than that she'd be a fine boat for ya' and you'd get to start spending REAL dollars!

Regards,

Thomas

SaltyMonkey · 20-11-2010, 17:54

Hull design: Roberts 434
Construction: Corten steel, 3/16" hull thickness. Pilothouse windows 1/2" Lexan MR-10 impact-resistant polycarbonate.

Year: 1997, USCG documented
Dimensions:
LOD 43'4"
LWL 36'8"
beam 13.6"
draft 6'
displacement: approx 30,000 lbs

Yachts66 · 20-11-2010, 20:01

The corten steel leaves me cold, that is a waste of money and not really a good thing, but it's a good design, sea kindly. You will hate the Lexan, it clouds up in a couple of years and needs to be replaced. I still like laminated glass better, but that's me. If she's foamed inside, buy her!

SaltyMonkey · 20-11-2010, 20:48

Ahhh with what. This monkey is chair bound =(. I'd replace window with acrylic. Boat is too damn big for a monkey anyway. Need something between 24 and 36. 32 a good size.

Yachts66 · 20-11-2010, 20:53

Oh little monkey, I already told you, move your chair down to the Wharf, bring your cello serenade the tourists with case open to let the gold flow in. For added effect wear pirate costume and sing sea chanties while playing cello! Failing that, write the novel I already outlined for you! Where there's a will, there is always a way. Remember: ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!!

Thomas

SaltyMonkey · 21-11-2010, 07:50

except i dont play cello - i write for cello el sid capppy Y66 of the phiilly-penes.

Salty monkey is intrigued by cat ketches with wishbone rigs these days...and wonders if one could be a horn bagger. He also desires a OVNI and plays his lotto ticket 2x a week while he hangs low awaiting an end to winter.

Hope you were warm and toasty in Napa while it rained this weekend.

zeehag · 21-11-2010, 08:18

freedom ketches?? i dont know much about those....no stays and carbon fiber masts is all i know...

SaltyMonkey · 21-11-2010, 08:26

Freedom is one. hairy-schoffs and offsores are another...and i dunno many other one offs and such. right! no stupid schrouds and stays!

zeehag · 21-11-2010, 08:34

an alternative is a boat with wide decking and easy cabin access---is why the hinterhoeller an d herrreschoff-- fewer steps to interior, i presume? also they ar pretty and sail nicely. easy and functional-- good choices.

SaltyMonkey · 21-11-2010, 13:51

hinterhoeller is a bit of a fatty and I ascared of righting factor...but pretty indeed zeezee.

Yachts66 · 21-11-2010, 16:35

Actually I was quite comfortable here in Cebu, Philippines. Life is grand here.

I'm not a fan of carbon fiber masts. They are conductors or electricity, but the resin that holds them together isn't, so if you take a lightening hit the resin melts and mast is ruined and those puppies are very, very, very pricey. I'd stick with AL or steel personally. Ditto CF booms. I think the racing crowd is in love with such things, but they are the same guys who replace their winches every year or so. I can't begin to keep up with those deep pocket guys.

Little monkey, whatever shall we do with you? I thought you played the cello, sorry, but even a banjo would work, ya' know? Just remember, ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

Tata from paradise, there's a couple of girls banging on my door.

Laters.

Thomas

SaltyMonkey · 21-11-2010, 17:28

Y66 is an enigma....he is hither and then he is thither...frolicking an dancing here and there like a wind-generator.

Oh well...we await another rainy day...dreaming of purple boats, and gun mounted spinnakers. Someday someday...a boat for saltymonkey