Joined: 16/09/2008
Posts: 31
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Admit it...you were thinking the same thing! What sailboats have just had you shaking your head in disbelief? What were they thinking? Name your shockers here! I'll start this rolling. Don't hate me!
Phocea
Islander
Gliss
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Bad call , Phocea was built for Alain Colas and sailed single handed in the 1976 transatlantic race. She is a very fast, long ,elegant ship . She is stunning on a 25knt close reach
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Gliss is a great looking boat, very functional design, don't be blinded by the non-traditional colour. Phocea used to be great before it got tarted-up like a middle-eastern brothel.No argument with Islander R.I.P.
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Gliss is OK..even the colour. Cool in the sunshine. She is not ugly in anyway...... Briand is a talented designer. Good separation between the inner and forstay, nice sheerline, good bouyancy foreward., correct rake to the transom for a platform.
But Plenty of details that would make her impossible to live with.
The silly Hidden Anchor ?? Ive battled out of anchorages in gales, hauling anchor ,as the bow plunging thru green water. That blasted roller boom...mainsail self destructs in a sloppy sea , batten compression tears up the luff , I can never control the leach line and each time I get flashed by lightning I end up disabled and struggle to get the beast on deck. That Topside Porthole aft of the mast lays directly on the fenders max loaded when being compresed against the dock in a blow. Just about the same as the rest of the modern yachts, nothing new... but cetainly not ugly..
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