(Bobsprit) wrote in message ...
Sailing a C&C32 is not a "sea trial".
http://www.schulzsurveyors.com/sea.htm
If you're going to play the expert, you need to UNDERSTAND the terminology.
There is only one kind of "sea trial", it involves sailing and inspecting
the boat you intend to purchase, not the same model.

While sailing the vessel one plans to buy is best, sailing a sistership is a
reasonable alternative.

BULL****! Are you really that stupid?




Let's look at why this is so.
The main reasons for a sea trial are to judge sailing characteristics and test
a vessel for obvious problems.

Yes and you will never find odvious problems on a sistership dummy.


In an era of production boats built by major
builders, boats of the same design generally exhibit identical sailing
charateristics. This is the essence of one design building. So sailing a
sistership(s) will generally bear out sailing characteristics.

Halfwit


In the case of
Alien, her history was known to me and she was thoroughly gone over. In the end

Not if you did not do a sea trial. How did you stress her on the
blocks?


I had some idea of how she would sail and had no concerns regarding condition.
For all intents and purposes I had a sea trial.

Are you really this ignorant?



Clearly this is not the case
with boats built one off and I would want a sea trial of certain makes, such as Cheoy Lee, irrespective of a detailed survey.


I've never seen so much back peddeling in my life. Face it Bob you
just put your big foot in your own pile of crap. With a boat that has
rod rigging the only way to test it correctly is to sail her in seas.
Even the most cared for boat can have a flaw you will not find unless
you put her thru the paces.

Are you so dumb you can not understand the meaning of "Sea Trial"?

Joe

RB