There's a law that applies to upsizing your boat called the square cube law: if you double the dimensions of something you quadruple the area and octuple the mass
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Ouch! > > Actually, I would say the amount of maintenance work seems to increase > proportionately with the square of the LOA. Or proportionately with > displacement. (Guys considering moving up in size should keep this in > mind) > > Nothing to do with build quality. More to do with the complexity of > systems and overall mass/volume/surface area of the boats. > > Bojangles' displacement is about 11x that of a C&C 24 and the > maintenance could easily be 10-11x as much. > > That said... when your boat is that demanding, you get to know your > way around its storage lockers pretty well. > > Cheers > Colin > > > > On 4/18/13, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > > And you probably have to fix that Gulfstar more than we have to fix our > > C&C's so certainly you will know where you keep things...drink wine with > > screw caps that is environmentally friendly and easier on cork supplies, > > cork is becoming scarce! fFake cork doesn't count > > > > Dwight Veinot > > C&C 35 MKII, Alianna > > Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin > > Kilgour > > Sent: April 18, 2013 8:01 PM > > To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Stowing stuff on your boat > > > > All these applications strike me as solutions looking for a problem. > > > > If you spend much time on your boat, chances are you'll know where > > everything is. And as long as you don't move it around all the time, > > you only have to remember it once. > > > > If you have crew (who can't see into your memory) or if your memory is > > suspect, draw a map of the boat and label the various lockers and > > lazarettes. Hell, maybe even put actual labels on the lockers. > > > > I carry enough spares, tools, and assorted crap on Bojangles to sink a > > small C&C, but I can tell you exactly what's on board and where it is. > > Part of that comes from grouping things logically (eg: all plumbing > > stuff together; all electrical together, etc.) and the other part > > comes from spending time on the boat. > > > > Now if I can just find that darn corkscrew... > > > > Cheers > > Colin > > > > > > On 4/18/13, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > >> Fred - There is some free software out there, but I created a > >> spreadsheet named "Where The F Is It" and leave it on my desktop. > >> > >> Wal > >> > >> Fred Hazzard wrote: > >>> Thus, when I want to find a particular item I have to > >>> search the inventory in each locker. Creating a cross reference would > >>> help, > >>> but I find that task a little daunting. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >> > > > > -- > > Sent from my mobile device > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2241 / Virus Database: 3162/5753 - Release Date: 04/18/13 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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