[PUP] Motor/sailing Vessels

[Peter Sheppard]

Subject: Re: Motor Sailing/vessels

Scott,
Scott,

Bloody well said on your view why catamarans suck. I couldn't agree with you
more. I have just had 2 weeks cruising the Leeward Islands of French
Polynesia in a brand new Fountaine Pajot Lavezza (40') with 3 other mates.
In the two weeks I think the motor was switched off for only 6 hours max.
Mucking around with the rags was hardly worth the effort. What got me
however is the non stop bruising we all sustained due to cramped conditions
and badly designed fittings. Also having to have a leak like my sister, or
contorting myself into a back spasm to do it the way I was taught seemed
ridiculous to me in this day and age. However one thing I liked was that the
escape hatches (designed for when inverted) in the heads gave you a chance
to glimpse at marine life, or any other foreign matter floating by.

Thank goodness I'm a trawler man.

Peter Sheppard


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Peter J Sheppard