Practical Sailor Praise in Jan. 2009 Issue

[Brian A.]

There is a nice little sidebar article praising Carl Alberg's designs and the Ty in particular. The article appears in the context of a larger story about the recent trend in traditional looking and expensive "trophy" daysailors. A nice old CD can turn my head just as well as one of the more modern beauties, but I have a biased eye.

[Joe Myerson]

That's a nice little piece on the Ty and other Alberg daysailers in the latest Practical Sailor. Except, of course, they identify the Ensign as an Alberg design for Cape Dory--when it was designed for Pearson.

That quibble aside, does anybody really need to pay between $100,000 and $800,000 for a daysailer? If so, they're probably not on this board.

--Joe

That said, I do love the looks of anything that Morris Yachts builds.

[winthrop fisher]

what is that

pay $ 100,000 for a day sailor ?????

fill us in,

whats that all about ???????

winthrop

[Michael Abramson]

I'm sure he is referring to the day sailers by some of the upper end builders that one sees advertised in the sailing magazines.

[Joe Myerson]

Hi Guys:

If you subscribe to Practical Sailor you'll know what I'm talking about. The latest issue has a piece about the new line of so-called "daysailers" (some are 42-footers!) built by the likes of Morris Yachts, Brinkmann and I can't remember who else.

I took those prices from the summary table after the article.

Needless to say, PS didn't have any of those boats marked as a "bargain choice."

The excellent little sidebar about Cape Dorys was connected with that article.

--Joe

[winthrop fisher]

thanks,
i have not gotten practical sailor in years,
most new boats are over price.....
besides i only buy used....
winthrop

[Neil Gordon]

Practical sailing is where you pay $5,000 for a boat that inspired the one that's selling for $100,000.

[fenixrises]

Hi all,

A fine example of the type. Build in Whangari, N.Z.



Take care,
Fred

[drb9]

should there always be an odd number of holes in your boat?

[winthrop fisher]

hi fred..... pretty boat....winthrop

[fenixrises]

drb9

First hole lets the water out (Odd)
Second hole lets the water in (Even)

Take care,
Fred

[Warren Kaplan]

drb9

First hole lets the water out (Odd)
Second hole lets the water in (Even)

Take care,
Fred

Ah yes!! It reminds me of a Walt Disney cartoon of some 50+ plus years ago. Walt's character "Goofy" was in a rowboat that sprung a leak. Goofy couldn't plug the leak that was letting the water in so, in what he thought was a brilliant stroke of inspiration, he whipped out a drill (we all carry drills in rowboats don't we) and drilled another hole, below the waterline, to let the water out!

[Neil Gordon]

... he whipped out a drill (we all carry drills in rowboats don't we) and drilled another hole, below the waterline, to let the water out!

I remember that one!

Goofy's mistake was drilling the second hole below the waterline. Just above is the right place for the "outflow." That way, when the water inside the boat gets higher than the waterline, it just flows out the drain hole. Sort of like the anti-overflow hole at the top of a sink. That would work, right?

BTW, several years ago I was listening to a distress call on the radio... boater who had removed the drain plug from his transom to suck the water out of his boat. That works as long as the boat is moving fast enough, of course. Except that somehow he lost the drain plug. Ooops.