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Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
Chris,
Looks like I've offended you. Was'nt the intent.
Also I'm a student of hull design and running a hull at a speed it was not designed to do is a bit like chalk the wrong way on a blackboard.
There is a perfect speed, a good cruising speed range, acceptable speeds and whatever the boat will do within the realm of costs, both monetarily and for comfort ect ect.
So I'm basically an idealist and gravitate toward ideal things. But others are not and I was seen as one to be trying to fit others into my mould. Most of it was just being an idealist but to some extent I probably was pushing my ideas off on others. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by Nomad Willy
What you and others are think'in about is about you and your whims. What I'm talking about is what a boat is designed for. Design wise a boat is matched and aligned to a specific speed range or in some cases speed ranges. All the whims of however many owners are'nt going to change the engine thrust or hull shape or displacement of a boat. And liking to run a 25 knot boat at 7 knots dos'nt make it a good speed for the boat. One can run a boat at whatever speed. It's their boat and only they will suffer if there's any suffering to be done.
So I'm talking about boats .. not owners or operators. But I am talking the act of running them "improperly" and if enough of this running out of the propper range is done having a more suitable boat would obviously be better.
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Not to worry, no offense taken, I'm just continuing to suggest that boats don't use people, it's the other way around.
Some boats are designed with a more limited speed range... because the designer wasn't good enough to make the boat as versatile as some need.
Heh... just kidding a bit there... but actually physics, available technology, and cost does tend to limit what designers can come up with and be versatile enough for the many of us in the marketplace who really do want to travel at the appropriate speed du jour... which may or may not fit within the parameters offered by some specific boats. (Wrong boats, for us.)
That probably means our ideal isn't the same as your ideal. Our proper isn't the same as your proper. A right boat does what we want, not just what the designer could figure out. The designer is never (yet) part of our crew, so doesn't get a vote on today's journey... or the speeds at which we travel.
And your right boat isn't our right boat. No reason it should be.
-Chris