[PCW] Rough seas stuff

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

Well . . . if you truly want an-all weather cat, then you better  
consider a Wildcat 36 built in Ireland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuemirsn6LY&feature=channel_page

http://safehavenmarine.com/contents%202%20nd%20version.htm

Just don't blame me if you get bounced around in bad-enough  
conditions.  :-)

--Georgs


> Thanks for that. But, if you live on an island where the only way to  
> get there is by boat, sometimes you just have to go out. Not quite  
> as bad as the link below perhaps, but often bad enough.
>
> Dont' have to go across the Channel. Normandy Guernsey is about 25+  
> nm.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LeNBY_5gk&eurl=http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php 
> ?t=25712
>
> gram
>
>
> On 13 Oct 2009, at 15:59, Georgs Kolesnikovs wrote:
>
>> My belief is that the key to avoiding getting wet and/or bouncing  
>> on your tailbone is to pick you weather carefully for open-water  
>> passages.
>>
>> Any of the boats you mentioned will make the run across the Channel.
>>
>> Go out in a gale and you'll get bounced around real good in just  
>> about any boat.
>>
>> --Georgs
>>
>>
>> On 13-Oct-09, at 11:42 AM, gram rupert wrote:
>>
>>> hi paige, and other folks,
>>>
>>> An interesting post yours. I am just wondering how these cats you  
>>> mentioned World Cat 266, Endeavour, and Tom Cat fare in rough  
>>> seas? I am looking for something smallish, but particularly sea  
>>> worthy to do island hopping between the UK Channel Islands and  
>>> France (Normandy). Could someone let me have an opinion? A lot of  
>>> my colleagues have ribs, but I get fed up with getting wet and  
>>> bouncing mny backbone around.