An amphibian that sank?

"Richard Lamb" wrote

Uh, Houston, we are in Stable -two.

Blurb - Blurble - glug-glug-glug!
:-))
--
Jim in NC

"Richard Lamb" wrote

I've been looking at a Catalina Capri 18.
Can't decide if it's too big, or too small, or just right...

For sailing on what water, and what kind of trips?
--
(Captain) Jim in NC g

Morgans wrote:
"Richard Lamb" wrote

I've been looking at a Catalina Capri 18.
Can't decide if it's too big, or too small, or just right...

For sailing on what water, and what kind of trips?
--
(Captain) Jim in NC g

Young man... Don't you have school tomorrow? g ducking for cover...

Thw Monk

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
ups.com...
I saw a head-on picture of a carrier and boy did it look top heavy...

The point of no return on a carrier is about 15 degrees, if I remember
correctly... For one of the Spruance class destroyers, it's around 60
degrees... At full speed, a ship should be able to apply full rudder
deflection and not go past the point of no return... I knew a guy once who
said that he was on a DD that was pulling 55 degrees as it made it back to
Norfolk -- light fuel load, storm off the coast, etc... You basically have
to strap yourself to your rack to sleep...

"Flyingmonk" wrote

Young man... Don't you have school tomorrow? g ducking for cover...

BITE ME ! ! ! g

Don't remind me!
--
Jim in NC

The aircraft could have been deliberately sunk for training. Or, it
might have hit debris in the water or a submerged object and received a
whole punched through the fuselage. Lastly, water pumps might have
failed causing it to sink gradually between pilot visits.

Of course, Captain Zoom is known to operate a U-Boat in the vicinity of
the EAA seaplane harbor in Wisconsin. Not that he torpedoed it or
anything. It probably smacked him in the periscope upon landing.

You know, the thing he looks down his nose at to watch USENET from in
the submarine's Conman tower...

Morgans wrote:

"Richard Lamb" wrote

Uh, Houston, we are in Stable -two.

Blurb - Blurble - glug-glug-glug!
:-))
--
Jim in NC

Apollo...

Stable 1 was flat on yer back.

Stable 2 is hanging nose down from the straps.

Grumman-581 wrote:

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
ups.com...
I saw a head-on picture of a carrier and boy did it look top heavy...

The point of no return on a carrier is about 15 degrees, if I remember
correctly... For one of the Spruance class destroyers, it's around 60
degrees... At full speed, a ship should be able to apply full rudder
deflection and not go past the point of no return... I knew a guy once who
said that he was on a DD that was pulling 55 degrees as it made it back to
Norfolk -- light fuel load, storm off the coast, etc... You basically have
to strap yourself to your rack to sleep...

sleep?

Are you kidding?

Morgans wrote:

"Flyingmonk" wrote

Young man... Don't you have school tomorrow? g ducking for cover...

BITE ME ! ! ! g

Don't remind me!
--
Jim in NC

-SMACK!-

No sailing for you until your attitude imroves young man!

LoL!!!

Inland lakes mostly, but it could handle coasting in reasonable weather.
It's just too hot and humid at sea level...

There's a nice Catalina 22 near by also.
Real clean older boat. Nicely found.

That's only 4 feet more, but it's all in the middle!
Makes a difference launching and trailering.

I was thinking of an O'Day 17 Daysailer at first,
but I wouldn't want to camp out on a Daysailer at my age...

I think the Capri 18 is a pretty good compromise.
With a roller furling jib, it should sail single handed pretty easy.
Big enough to keep a fairly dry cockpit.

factory webpage:
http://www.catalinayachts.com/yachts...ct=model&id=10

Roy Smith wrote
Barf. Never use "MacGregor" and "sailboat" in the same sentence.
They are the most butt-ugly things in the universe.

But were not always so. I owned a 1976 MacGregor "Venture 25" that
was a very attractive small boat very similiar in appearance to the
O'Days and Catalinas of the same size.

Bob Moore