GL: Defever 49 for Loop

[David Russo]

I believe that some people feel smaller is better. My wife and I did the
loop in a 54' Pama, pilot house with 4' of draft. We were very comfortable.
I personally disagree with smaller is better, but then again I like to be
comfortable. When we were in a remote and wanted to explore, we used the
dink. We certainly were not the largest boat doing to loop.

IMHO, there is some personal preferences one needs to make when choosing a
home for a 6,000 mile trip. 

David & Marla Russo  

MV Adesso, a Pama LX540
Phone (847) 778-1018
Skype Adesso54
Adesso at ymail.com 
drusso at arccommercial.com 

 -----Original Message-----
From: great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com
[mailto:great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ague
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:27 AM
Cc: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Subject: Re: GL: Defever 49 for Loop

> "What's with all this dis'ing of the DeFever 49!!??"
>
I don't think anyone is "dis'ing" the DF 49 per se, but rather stating that 
it is not the optimum boat for the loop based on other considerations.

-- Jim