extended rear porch on hinge

[BK]

My cruise ship yesterday stopped in Newport R.I. and the Newport boat show was happening. A 50 foot sail boat had a 6-8 foot rear porch that was on a hinge attached at the bottom of the transum so it could swing up when under way much like a door that swings open. Great idea but I think it should be a factory option. It would be a platform for swimming or diving.

[NiceAft]

BK,

Hopefully you took a picture of this example of ingenuity

Ray

[ALX357]

I guess you could rig something like that beside the rudder, but the engine and fold up rudders are already crowding up the transom severely, so I don't know how useful such a small platform would be. Alternatively, you could just go down the ladder and get in the water directly.

[Captain Steve]

BK, Where you cruizin to now???

[Russ]

I've seen that in sailing magazines. Looks pretty cool and for a mere $500,000 you too can have a boat like that.

--Russ

[c130king]

Is this the sort of thing you are talking about? Puggsy did this:

Marlin Board Update

Cheers,
Jim

[puggsy]

Boy! am I flattered...but I did not do this to SEAHORSE...the mod is genuine and was done by a friend with a slow white [ aren't I awful ] He as yet is not on the I.net so cannot participate in the website...
It WAS part of my planned mods, but I have had to opt out for a while...maybe on my next ...????
puggsy

[Rick Westlake]

I guess you could rig something like that beside the rudder, but the engine and fold up rudders are already crowding up the transom severely, so I don't know how useful such a small platform would be. Alternatively, you could just go down the ladder and get in the water directly.

Hmmm ... I've had a couple of instances where a "gangplank" off the stern might have been a help; e.g. to get my 88-year-old aunt aboard (and ashore from) Bossa Nova from a floating dock. Maybe I could find a way to use my existing ladder to fix a gangplank in place on the boat end....

[Russ]

This one

[ALX357]

looks good on a 15 meter boat, and with an inboard diesel.

[Rick Westlake]

Hanse-ome.... And a blue hull?

(I'll have to check it out at the Annapolis show.)

[KayakDan]

This one

I believe this was the boat at the Newport show. Two cruise ships in the harbor on Sunday. Looked very impressive as we crossed the bridge.
Lots of big sailboats at the show,but not many in the 26-34 range. I did get to check out the Seaward 26RK. Nice boat,excellent quality,but not really set up for long term cruising. Storage was less than the 26M and difficult to get to. And you need a big dog to haul the 6000 towing weight. The Admiral wasn't impressed with the layout,and I wasn't impressed with the "dressed" price of 60-80k. I think I'll keep my M...and my money.
No Macgregors at the show either.I believe Millenium (Otho) has given up the point.
Southern New England needs a Mac dealer...any takers?

Bueller?.....Bueller?

[Gerry the fish]

This one

I think this guy nearly ran me over on the Columbia last year. Flying the same flag. He was bearing down on me with spinnaker up at double my speed when I thought I had right of way so I held my course. (we were both on port tack and I was leward) Apparently he thought he had right of way and barely changed course to pass close enough that we could have passed beers back and forth - instead he made claims to right of way.

Oh well - you meet all kinds on the water.

[Rick Westlake]

I think this guy nearly ran me over on the Columbia last year. Flying the same flag. He was bearing down on me with spinnaker up at double my speed when I thought I had right of way so I held my course. (we were both on port tack and I was leward) Apparently he thought he had right of way and barely changed course to pass close enough that we could have passed beers back and forth - instead he made claims to right of way.

Oh well - you meet all kinds on the water.

Cruising World - or maybe SAIL ran an article last year about "The Big-Boat Rule". Their thesis was that the boat least likely to be damaged in a collision will just dam-well TAKE the right-of-way, and "tahullwitchya!"

They were mostly talking about cargo vessels - which really are limited in their ability to turn or stop - but a lot of those big yachts are bought and owned by arrogant so-and-sos who threw a lot of money into a big boat that would impress the babes. They don't know the rules of the road and they don't care. They're burning fifty gallons of diesel per engine, per hour, and all their attention is on their "secretary" and her teeny bikini.

... Oh, another SAILboat! His obvious "excuse" would be that he couldn't see you past the spinnaker.

Hanse's brochure (I assume that brand from the German flag on the stern) called their 50-footer "your castle with a really big moat." I'm afraid the "big-indestructable-bruiser-cruiser" syndrome may have used that statement as a route to infect the "Kommandant" of the vessel in question. (I wouldn't use the term "Captain" to describe such an arrogant uber-twerp.)

I'm afraid all we can do about these "sailors" is to get ourselves out of their way.

[Russ]

Cruising World - or maybe SAIL ran an article last year about "The Big-Boat Rule". Their thesis was that the boat least likely to be damaged in a collision will just dam-well TAKE the right-of-way, and "tahullwitchya!"

Kind of like driving in New York City. Or whoever has the nicest car and doesn't want it scratched.


Well, for the idiots with too much money and bought a Hanse 540...it can end up this way too.




The platform looks pretty cool if you have an extra $500k burning a hole in your pocket. But if I had that much I would buy a nicer boat.