Subject: [harryproa] Re: Cape Horn sailing
From: "Robert" <cateran1949@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 12/30/2008, 5:44 AM
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Reply-to:
harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au

It doesn't look any worse than I have experienced in Bass Strait. That
is not to say it would be very comfortable, but I can't see that a
Harry would be any worse than the boats I was working on, and I reckon
they should be more comfortable
Robert
R--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "chesapeake410"
<chesapeake410@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Rob and gang,
>
> Take a look at this film from 1929. It was posted on the F-Boat group
> forum. Do you think the Harryproa can sail in such conditions?? This
> is most fantastic sailing account with a first hand narrative I have
> ever seen. It is claimed that boat is going 16 knots at one point. I
> had no idea a square sailed ship could go this fast.
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1184583933122407708&hl=en
>
> Happpy sailing,
> George Kuck
> Chestertown, MD
>

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