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From: brianm@bigtuna.UUCP (Brian Martin)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Re: 12-Meter Yachts in Offshore Racing
Message-ID: <191@bigtuna.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 13:53:18 EST
Article-I.D.: bigtuna.191
Posted: Thu Dec 26 13:53:18 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 2-Jan-86 00:49:12 EST
References: <27@druri.UUCP>
Reply-To: brianm@bigtuna.UUCP (Brian Martin)
Organization: University of Hawaii, Bekesy Lab, Neurophysiology
Lines: 27

In article <27@druri.UUCP> dht@druri.UUCP (Davis Tucker) writes:
 >
 >>...A voyage across an open ocean would destroy a 12 meter.  These boats are 
 >>only built to race and have no berthing accomadations.
 >
 >I would like to point out that 12 meter yachts have been raced quite
 >succesfully for a number of years on long ocean races (I think it was
 >American Eagle that won the Sydney-Hobart), with minimal refitting.

I was aboard Stars & Stripes today--no way to support a racing crew for a 4+
day open ocean race.  Below decks is nothing except a hollow aluminum
shell--and it's real cramped.  Imagine putting in a galley, berths, water tank,
communications/navigation equipment, auxiliary, head, ground tackle, etc.

These boats are real prima donnas--they get TOWED in and out of the harbor,
they never anchor, they don't operate at night (so no running lights), etc.
An open ocean race would require rethinking and redesigning the boat--not an
easy task.
-- 
	Thanks,
	Brian Martin
	University of Hawaii School of Medicine
	
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