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From: ec120bgt@sdcc3.UUCP (ANDREW VARE)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Re: long voyage, short boat
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Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 20:39:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  6 20:39:55 1985
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> About 10-15 years ago two men did a trans-Atlantic crossing in a Cal 20
> (!).  The hull on the Cal feels a little flimsy, so they beefed it up a bit
> before they left the U.S.  After the voyage was over they said that they
> really didn't need the hull reinforcements that they had added, and could
> have done without the extra weight.
> 
>I've raced Cal 20s before and they're built like brick sh_thouses, so
you're probably right about the reinforcement. Sailing a 20-footer
on a trans-Atlantic crossing is not as insane as it first sounds,
though, since circumnavigations have occured in much smaller boats,
and it depends in large part on the confidence of the skipper in his
ability to continue sailing in adverse conditions. There is a
biannual race called the solo minitransAT which is an unlimited
competition for boats under 20 feet of any design, the only
restriction being that the craft are sail driven and length 21 ft
or<. A lot of Frenchmen enter the race with radical designs with
wings and water-transfer ballast systems that make them far lighter
or about as heavy as a Cal, depending on the water in the system.
You could probably argue their sanity, although the race has a
perfect safety record, and for a singlehanded race that's pretty
good.
> -- 
> 
> Melinda Shore 
> University of Chicago Computation Center
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