tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post4055772351146042949..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: Changing fashionsJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-88129536614689637132010-03-22T18:37:50.592-07:002010-03-22T18:37:50.592-07:00Dear John,
I was pleasantly surprised to see in t...Dear John,<br /><br />I was pleasantly surprised to see in the earlier commenter's note a reference to your book "The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat". This very book also came to mind immediately to me today when I received in the mail my copy of this month's Cruising World magazine. I read the Sailing Life column (page 38f) entitled Murderous Intent... wherein that author made known his murderous intent based, in part, on the very subject you address on page 170 of your book in the box titled 'A Space Invasion". When I first read your book and your description of that phenomenon I will admit I was a bit skeptical - although my sailboat experiences have been fairly limited, my time at sea hasn't - I spent 6 years in the US submarine service and well over one year accumulated time at sea submerged with a small crew. But we never came close to killing each other over each other's food. This tells me that the stress in a small sailing vessel with an even smaller crew may put folks in a more tenuous state then serving for months at a time submerged on a nuclear submarine - who would have thought it?<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Bob<br />Sabre 28<br />Lake MichiganBob K7ZBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723457691643827548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-58934541925263140612010-03-22T14:10:48.364-07:002010-03-22T14:10:48.364-07:00I am so unconvinced by the fad-followers that not ...I am so unconvinced by the fad-followers that not only do I own a gaff-rigged <i>ketch</i>, that was exactly the rig I was shopping for when I bought Centennial. Battens? I have a peak halyard <i>and</i> a gaff vang, thanks.<br /><br />I did rig some lazy-jacks, but they're one of those 19th Century work-boat fads and cost me all of $5 to string up (they're kind of wispy, actually, but I wasn't planning on hooking my safety harness to them).<br /><br />I also read this blog three times a week, if that indicates anything.<br /><br />Cheers.Aaron Headlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936150018996105040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-29848424331659565822010-03-22T05:10:03.733-07:002010-03-22T05:10:03.733-07:00Mr. Vigor,
It is with great anticipation I await y...Mr. Vigor,<br />It is with great anticipation I await your blog entries. And I highly value the advise you dispense.<br />Do not despair, and do not feel it falls on deaf ears!<br /><br />As a matter of fact, and on topic I might add, I was part of a discussion on the Sailnet forum regarding 2 items you mentioned this morning: cruising mainsails and furling jibs.<br /><br />A sailor asked, should I get full or partial battens when I order my new Cruising main. I was quick off the mark with a "headboardless, battenless main, with a slightly hollow leach will cost you less and last a lot longer for trouble free cruising", but I was soon outnumbered by a myriad of angry outcries claiming that they have long since used full and partial battens with great success on their racing boats after adding a host of additional gadgetry, and having paid for those upgrades with several (anatomically vital) body parts.<br /><br />A similar discussion ensued my claim that hank on, non-overlapping headsails are more reliable then roller furling gear.<br /><br />Despite my point proven, I was defeated.<br />But then again, I'm one of those people who own the Pardey's entire collection (and Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat) and trust them much more dearly then the sailmaker or gadgetmaker trying to make an extra buck whether through "an extra piece of gear I can't live without" or through having to maintain that same gear at a significantly detrimental effect to my sailing budget.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620773758394763800noreply@blogger.com