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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 07-11-2022, 15:54
Replies: 252
Views: 29,572
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Catamaran vs Monohull... advantages, disadvantages?

Sailing cats are perfect fairweather boats, but they don't handle heavy seas well at all. The hulls go over waves separately and this causes the odd seamotion that can get even seasoned sailors quite...
Forum: Our Community 18-07-2022, 06:58
Replies: 62
Views: 6,693
Posted By mstrebe
Re: How to deal with aggressive ducks...

Low powered laser pointer to the eyes will co Vince them to leave without being harmful.

Had to do this with a crow that decided my mast was his mast: Three hits and he was gone forever.
Forum: Marine Electronics 14-02-2022, 08:43
Replies: 325
Views: 28,362
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Radar is now redundant ?

Daysailors and weekenders don't need radar and never have needed it. But anyone who has to sail at night or through weather near shore (especially fog) would never go without it. The fact is that...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 04-02-2022, 10:31
Replies: 113
Views: 29,953
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Catching Fish while Sailing?

I fish two ways depending on circumstance:

1) Trolling while sailing. I have rod holders mounted to my stern rails and put one line (if I don't want to bother tending) or two lines in the water...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-04-2021, 09:16
Replies: 87
Views: 9,739
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Sailing questions from a novelist

A very simple answer is simply that they lost their mast because something cause the forestay or the port or starboard stay to fail in the storm. This could be something hitting it with force (like...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 01-03-2021, 07:33
Replies: 105
Views: 17,187
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Can a 30-40 foot cruiser reach speeds of 18 knots w/ engine?

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Displacement boats are limited in speed by drag through the water. You can calculate the maximum speed of any non-planing hull form using the traditional hull speed...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-05-2020, 09:15
Replies: 125
Views: 27,950
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Do I need a radar reflector?

I was a former Electronic Warfare Technician in the Navy and a current sailboat owner with a Radar who frequently travels the busy shipping lanes of Southern California. I've worked with Radar my...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 10-04-2020, 11:13
Replies: 43
Views: 5,620
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Rules of the road question

It seems that you have indeed found a question with no single, simple answer that applies in all circumstances. Mostly, that's because this problem is both rare and highly variable: Where it does...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 06-04-2020, 09:37
Replies: 137
Views: 20,301
Posted By mstrebe
Re: restoring hurricane damaged 40+ foot newer Catamaran

There's a lot of good advice here. I'll add my two cents:

1) A lot of whether this is a good idea or not depends on your goals. If you're planning to retire on it and spend your life wandering...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 30-03-2020, 09:56
Replies: 105
Views: 14,540
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Ruin My Dreams Please

Welcome to the fever dream!

My analysis of your analysis:

1) Make a plan B in case you or your partner don't like cruising. Starting the med is a great way to do that, you can simply quit...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-03-2020, 09:40
Replies: 425
Views: 43,974
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Prices not going down??

In any economic shift, the prices of extremely liquid assets (cash, stocks, bonds, etc.) change rapidly, but illiquid assets (things that must be sold) change both more slowly and in proportion to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-11-2019, 22:40
Replies: 61
Views: 16,362
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Buying THIS rotten fisher 46 for refit to cruise high latitudes?

I think you could reasonably talk the owner down to $50,000.

Presuming buying all new gear, you're looking at these costs to make the boat reliable and safe:

$5,000 in basic hull and deck work...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2019, 23:10
Replies: 242
Views: 50,831
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Full Keel Sailboats

What type of keel do you consider your boat to have? Because your Columbia 29 has the exact same kind of keel as my Columbia 32 had.

I'm not proposing that the Columbia Sabre is a transoceanic...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2019, 19:02
Replies: 242
Views: 50,831
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Full Keel Sailboats

Regarding safety offshore, can you point me to a loss of both rudders on a twin rudder full keel?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2019, 18:55
Replies: 242
Views: 50,831
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Full Keel Sailboats

The Sabre had a 6,000 lb. formed in permanently attached full keel. It doesn't look like a J-boat at all to me--a lot more freeboard and a much larger cabin. It was advertised at the time as a racer...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2019, 18:44
Replies: 242
Views: 50,831
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Full Keel Sailboats

I've always appreciated the idea of a wind-vane, but haven't used one. Sounds like I need to.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2019, 16:00
Replies: 242
Views: 50,831
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Full Keel Sailboats

I've owned a traditional full keel boat (A '69 Columbia Sabre 5.5m) and two modern fin-keel twin rudder boats (Beneteau Oceanis 38 and 51.1). I also had a no-keel water ballasted sailboat (a...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-09-2019, 10:27
Replies: 253
Views: 35,403
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Heavy sailboats are slower and

No, this isn't how it works.

Regarding price, the price of a new boat is the cube of the waterline length in feet times about $5 ($4-$15, but generally around $5). Boats increase in price by...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 14-06-2019, 10:06
Replies: 102
Views: 12,825
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Maintenance Costs Boat verses RV Cruising

The homeless people living in RVs along the street near my work would argue that RVs are still cheaper including for liveaboards.

I’ve travelled Europe parking in Carrefour and ikea parking lots...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 14-06-2019, 08:28
Replies: 102
Views: 12,825
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Maintenance Costs Boat verses RV Cruising

I have and do both, and I track my expenses pretty diligently. Boats are considerably more expensive.

Monthly costs:

Mortgage: Equal, depending on price. Boat loans and RV loans are basically...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 12-05-2019, 22:20
Replies: 16
Views: 8,139
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Anchor size for 26 foot boat?

I had a Fortress 11 on my MacGregor 26M and it was perfect. Fit in the anchor locker, really dug in, light weight. Strong recommend.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-05-2016, 11:57
Replies: 668
Views: 304,846
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Beneteau 38

A Newport CA based O38 just won it's class in the Newport to Ensenada race both on elapsed and adjusted time, by a fair margin. And this particular boat (SUN DAZE) is not customized for race.

It's...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-05-2016, 11:46
Replies: 668
Views: 304,846
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Beneteau 38

I don't know of any O38s delivered with a Yanmar 21HP (I wan't aware that it was a factory option). That said, the 29 is barely able to get the boat to hull speed at wide-open-throttle, and the boat...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-11-2015, 09:35
Replies: 46
Views: 7,850
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Yacht or Motor Sailer Where's The Line?

A yacht is any boat you can't afford.

Schedules are the enemy of sailing. As much as I love pure sailing, making passages with weather windows and at the mercy of the winds is only feasible for...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-11-2015, 10:03
Replies: 33
Views: 18,403
Posted By mstrebe
Re: Which telescope is best to observe yachting from land?

LoL. Well, I have a drone with a gopro, and binos, and a telescope, and I'm here to tell you that I don't use any them for any overlapping purposes. And in this case, you can't really line up any...
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