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Capt. Rob wrote:
Sure thing, Bob, plenty of room for a group to stretch out and relax:
http://www.bostonsailingcenter.com/F...eteau35s5.jpg/



Thanks for the help, Jeff! That pic shows no less than 6 people all on
the PORT SIDE of the cockpit. Like I said, more room than most,
especially for a faster boat.
Thanks again!

Right, Bob. They look about as comfortable as 6 people in a phone
booth. In fact, they look like they're holding on for dear life!

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Right, Bob. They look about as comfortable as 6 people in a phone
booth.


6 people could not fit on one side of the C&C 32 cockpit or the
Catalina 36 for that matter. The reason the 35s5 can manage it (look at
the photo) is that the coamings double the seating area. Even my buddy
with a Tayana 48 DS commented how much more room the 35s5 had compared
to his old Pearson 39.
If you doubt that the coamings are effective I have PROOF as usual...

http://www.comunidaddebarcos.com/fotos/ACF8029.jpg

In that shot NO ONE is seated in the cockpit. 4 people are on the
coamings! They are just as comfortable as the cockpit area. So you can
throw another 4 or 5 in the cockpit, though all that weight aft is not
a good thing.


RB
35s5
NY

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"Capt" Rob wrote:
If you doubt that the coamings are effective I have PROOF as usual...

http://www.comunidaddebarcos.com/fotos/ACF8029.jpg


You have PROOF as usual... consisting of somebody else's
photographs

as usual


In that shot NO ONE is seated in the cockpit. 4 people are on the
coamings! They are just as comfortable as the cockpit area.


So, you think the purpose of coaming is to be comfortable
alternative seating?

Have you ever actually sailed at all, Bubbles?

Everybody else knows what the coamings are really for.

DSK

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...


If you doubt that the coamings are effective I have PROOF as usual...

http://www.comunidaddebarcos.com/fotos/ACF8029.jpg

In that shot NO ONE is seated in the cockpit.

No one is comfortable either.

There is no place on the entire topside for anyone to lie down, relax and
read a book.

Aren't the coamings huge and mishapen so there is more room below?

Certainly, the topside is NOT child-friendly.

Your dinghy seats more and is more comfortable.

BTW is that a boatload of Cuban refugees?

Looks like they all want to get off.

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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...

BWAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHA! Yet another trouncing! Come back Bob Crantz...or
is that YOU??!!!



Is this you?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/...c/city_manatee

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In fact, they look like they're holding on for dear life!



Yeah, we know about your problem with boats that heel.



BWAHAHAHA!


RB
35s5
NY

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In article ,
Scotty wrote:

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
roups.com..
.
Doug once claimed that 1st series boats had small cockpits
and Thom
continues to labor under that delusion. Here are the
facts....

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/suzy2weby.jpg


looks cramped with only 3 people.

Sudsy looks like a bus driver.

The wheel takes up a lot of room! Yet again, no PFDs... sigh....

--
Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

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--
"Swab Rob" wrote

Here's a proper cockpit for daysailer/cruiser:
http://www.harrisellis.com/Nonsuch/cover.GIF


No thanks. As I said, we're not ready to retire yet and
prefer fun
sailing!


Fun sailing = 2 hour daysails, very close to shore.



--
Scotty
''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot, with
any degree of credibility, comment on the courage
of fellow sailors'' ....F.B.
http://tinyurl.com/pzdl8

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Fun sailing = 2 hour daysails, very close to shore.


More like 4 hours. And so???



RB
35s5
NY

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--
"Swab Rob" wrote

Fun sailing = 2 hour daysails, very close to shore.


More like 4 hours at the dock, 45 minutes motoring,
10 minutes with one sail up (to take a pic ). . And so???



BB
Mac26X
NY