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Home Forums Search Boat Show TSBB Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources More Fun About TSBB	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Clear Cookies View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Heavy boat, too Posted By: Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas Date: 8/7/08 8:38a.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: I looked at the numbers.....around 80,000 for the boat.... (pic) (Mark Milam , Nonsuch 33, Suncat cabinless, Holder 20, Lafayette, LA.) Southern Skimmer is only eight feet shorter and weighs about 10 percent of what the Outward Bound boat weighs. With the petroleum industry running dry, who knows, might be lots of stitch and glue boats on future lakes, and in time recreational boats might mostly look like boats from the 1930's, built from natural materials with simple tools. That might not be so bad - iron men (and of course women), wooden boats, and armament burning black powder - there's the future, be an early adopter!

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Outward Bound 30 -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/5/08 6:47p.m.

Outward Bound 30 -- Thomas Galyen Sun Cat "Merry Joy" Champaign, IL -- 8/6/08 5:21a.m.

I looked at the numbers.....around 80,000 for the boat.... -- Mark Milam , Nonsuch 33, Suncat cabinless, Holder 20, Lafayette, LA. -- 8/6/08 9:49p.m.

 Heavy boat, too  -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/7/08 8:38a.m.

Length and Surface Area -- Kristen, Sanderling, TX-LA-OR -- 8/7/08 11:55a.m.

Wow -- Tom Ray -- 8/7/08 12:06p.m.

Gulp... -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/7/08 1:27p.m.

Kristen, you certainly deserve the title Naval Architect! -- Victoria's Secret -- 8/8/08 7:11a.m.

where there's a will there's a way. -- Kristen, Sanderling, TX-LA-OR -- 8/6/08 6:50a.m.

a staysail is part of the rig -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/6/08 7:58a.m.

What U need to do is contact Nord Embroden, -- geneWj,First Born & Teacher's Pet III. Bradenton,Fl. -- 8/6/08 1:00p.m.

That sounds like the ticket! -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/6/08 2:38p.m.

motoring while setting sail -- graham parker -- 8/6/08 12:39p.m.

outward bound -- bob -- 8/6/08 2:42p.m.

Just be careful -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/6/08 2:47p.m.

motoring while sailing -- bob -- 8/11/08 11:50a.m.

The bungee to the boom would work under power, I think -- Carl, Horizon Cat/Picnic Cat, Central Texas -- 8/6/08 2:42p.m.

motoring while sailing. -- bob -- 8/6/08 7:18p.m.

 

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