Recent content by Pdeli

Several years ago I spoke to the underwriting VP at BoatUS. I was surprised when he told me that 85% of their policyholders were financed. That was before the 2008 crash during which many boats got repossessed.

I got tired of having my finger bust through or having to wad up a bunch of TP so that it almost felt like a blanket (Never actually tried that!). So off to Walmart for their cheapest of several types that they sell, and it works fine for home and boat (vacuflush). I just tried Peggy's "shake...

-------- To just add a bit to your comments, Backus originally designed these boats with low, outboard, ballast, but the builder (a sail boater) thought that the boat would be more stable with center, low, ballast and so he changed the design to his liking. The Backus design would apparently...

I did see all of the previous posts, but it generally seemed to me they were talking about "wind velocity" rather than simply "air resistance". Obviously the two are related, but several of our sisterships swear by them. We have a pretty quick, disruptive roll, based on Dave Gerr's...

What about the roll? Would a steadying sail not slow the roll? Sister boats seem to think so, although I have yet to verify this. We displace 10 tons and have 3000# of ballast in our keel. Although the sail would be small, it would seem that is would add some air resistance (and slow the...

What about wakes? In the rivers where we normally boat, it is difficult to avoid large semi-displacement or planing vessels and their large wakes.

I too fine the site a bit awkward (with a PC).* Maybe there's just a few too many different things going on and directions to go in.* I'll keep trying, but it does seem burdensome.* Maybe a site map would be helpful.* Also had trouble loading boat pic.* I got it done, but I'm not sure how. Phil