[Rhodes22-list] Rik and Sailing the open ocean ......

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Rik:

      Are you subtle?  Hasn’t a Flicka circumnavigated the world? 

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Addendum:    bone in her teeth: a colloquial phrase implying that a boat is
moving through the water at considerable speed. The "bone" is the bow wave
thus produced. 
 





Rik Sandberg wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> ya wanna' lighten up a little???
> 
> I don't know how my name got involved in this, but somebody asked for 
> the story about the Monty 15 going to Hawaii and I put up the link. I 
> doubt this will bring on a rash of R22 disappearances in the gulf Stream.
> 
> I do know somebody who did the trip in a Flicka last summer.
> 
> Rik
> 
> Richard Smith wrote:
> 
>>Because some one sailed a 15 foot boat from the US to Hawaii does not mean
>>that another larger boat could safely sail from the US to Bermuda.
>>
>>1:  The Bermuda passage requires sailing in the Gulf Stream.  When a
>>northerly blows (it does frequently) conditions in the stream become
>>extremely hazardous for smaller vessels.  The passage to Hawaii on the
other
>>hand is mostly down wind, imbedded for a time  in the Humboldt Current
which
>>also flows south.  The guy's description on the Montgomery site
experienced
>>mostly, some times largish, following seas but not the vicious chop that
can
>>occur on the Bermuda passage.  He even slept so conditions must have been
>>relatively tranquil.
>>
>>Just because the Montgomery is much smaller then a Rhodes does not mean
its
>>not an able sea boat.  In fact with its low rig, split head sails and
>>relatively deep rounded bottom it may be a more suitable vessel for ocean
>>voyaging (one person only).
>>
>>For what its worth... I have never read of a voyage by a small sailboat
fro
>>Hawaii to the US.  Boats are generally shipped back to the US as deck
cargo
>>rather then endless beating into the prevailing northerlies.
>>
>>No one boat can be all things.  I owned a Rhodes and thought it was a
great
>>boat but I would never use it for an ocean passage.
>>
>>Richard Smith
>>
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