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====== Sailing! ====== | ====== Sailing! ====== | ||
- | I have fond memories of boating as a kid. We owned a little | + | I have fond memories of boating as a kid. We owned a centre-console aluminium dinghy, and we went out fishing with friends of the family |
- | Years later, for no specific reason, | + | Years later Michelle (my wife) and I decided to do some sailing lessons at the [[https:// |
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- | We loved being out on the water with no engine sounds or smells. Zooming around with only the wind. Very peaceful and only a little bit of panic during a hairy tack or exciting gust. In late 2023 we were on a holiday in Caloundra and rented a [[https:// | + | We loved being out on the water with no engine sounds or smells. Zooming around with only the wind. Very peaceful and only a little bit of panic during a hairy tack or exciting gust. In late 2023 we were on a holiday in Caloundra and rented a [[https:// |
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- | After a moderate amount of research and guidance from more experienced sailor friends we ended up driving to the Gold Cost to check out a 14' Caper Cat. This boat was designed and manufactured by the folk at Calypso in Brisbane, where we live. They' | + | After a moderate amount of research and guidance from more experienced sailor friends we ended up driving to the Gold Cost to check out a 14' Caper Cat. This boat was designed and manufactured by the folk at Calypso in Brisbane, where we live. They' |
I had a list of things to check before deciding to buy: | I had a list of things to check before deciding to buy: | ||
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Everything looked pretty good on this specimen, except the hull was slightly soft *everywhere*. This confused me, but the price was right so I haggled down $50 to account for the tattered jib and drove home in one of the worst storms south-east Queensland has seen in years. I do not wish to repeat the experience of doing 80 km/h in a 110 km/h zone with 20m visibility towing a trailer of unknown integrity while lightning flashed around us. Scary shit. | Everything looked pretty good on this specimen, except the hull was slightly soft *everywhere*. This confused me, but the price was right so I haggled down $50 to account for the tattered jib and drove home in one of the worst storms south-east Queensland has seen in years. I do not wish to repeat the experience of doing 80 km/h in a 110 km/h zone with 20m visibility towing a trailer of unknown integrity while lightning flashed around us. Scary shit. | ||
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After some investigation I found the hull softness wasn't a problem on the Caper Cat. It's a warning sign on boats filled with expanding polyurethane foam as it indicates the foam has started to break down with age. The Caper Cat gets its positive buoyancy from dozens of sealed plastic bottles stuffed into the insides of the pontoons. | After some investigation I found the hull softness wasn't a problem on the Caper Cat. It's a warning sign on boats filled with expanding polyurethane foam as it indicates the foam has started to break down with age. The Caper Cat gets its positive buoyancy from dozens of sealed plastic bottles stuffed into the insides of the pontoons. | ||
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We're now boat owners, it seems. | We're now boat owners, it seems. | ||
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