Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "E" Scow

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

(I'll respond to this one, but after this please e-mail me with off-topic sailboat questions so we don't get in trouble...)

At 0927 -0600 01/28/0, D. Blake wrote:
>What is an "E" scow?  Obviously it is a sailboat, but what does it look
>like?  How big/small is it?  Is it a day sailer? Does it have a cabin with
>berths and a galley?  What kind of rigging?  Does it have auxillary power?
>Does it have a trailer?  What's it made of?  How old is it?  Do I sound
>curious?  I'am, but mostly I'm just drunk.

Well, congratulations!!

Let's see -- yes it's a sailboat, and it's something like 28 feet, but it doesn't have any of that useful stuff like berths and a galley. They're built for racing, so it's basically just a big flat slab with a big of a depression in the middle, like a hugely overgrown one those little "sunfish" type playing-around boats. I think it's got one big sail, and a jib, and a spinnaker -- but I'm not sure because they're all stuff in a plastic garbage can. Instead of a centerboard, it's got two "bilge boards" that stick out at angles, and two rudders in the back, so that one each is in the water when it's keeled way over going full blast -- which I've been told is pretty quick. It's wood, and it's on one of those trailers with big pads make of boards covered in carpet.

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David
Osage MN USA
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