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Be it so known that the bearer of this charter has been charged
by the Swordlords of Restov, acting upon the greater good and
authority vested within them by the office of the Regent of the
Dragonscale Throne, has granted the right of exploration and travel
within the wilderness region known as the Greenbelt. Exploration
should be limited to an area no further than thirty-six miles east and
west and sixty miles south of Oleg's Trading Post. The carrier of
this charter should also strive against banditry and other unlawful
behavior to be encountered. The punishment for unrepentant banditry
remains, as always, execution by sword or rope. So witnessed on this
24th day of Calistril, under watchful eye of the Lordship of Restov
and authority granted by Lord Noleski Surtova, current Regent of
the Dragonscale Throne.
With these words on a thick piece of parchment the adventurers set off to the south, heading for the little known trading post "Oleg's" to start their explorations and find their fortunes. Walking or riding down the South Restov Road at the end of winter is a taxing journey for the fittest of hero's, made even worse by the advent of a late winter snow storm. The hero's slowly trudge towards the distant shape of a road side inn for their first night out of Restov, hopeful that they can complete the two day journey in three days through the half foot of fresh snow that now coats the countryside.
No one needs to make saves for avoiding the elements at this stage as it is warm enough when fully clothed and cloaked that there is no danger, the Dog and Goat Inn in the distance is a small affair but is rumoured to serve the best hare stew in Restov. If anyone wants to make knowledge local/history/geography checks for any info about the area i will let you, you will also get a +2 circumstance bonus for any research you may have done before setting off.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Egan trudges along, his face not showing its normal bright appearance. He is cold. What was I thinking. A fire oracle way up here. Too far North. Too far. I am as likely to freeze to death as to find more of my kin, or doorways in to the fey wilds. His mood brighten as he sees the inn ahead. Ah. A chance for warmth, and good company, and word of the road ahead, and perhaps a mug or three of something that will thaw me out. With those thoughts he urges Sparky to go a little faster on the snowy road. Almost there boy. They better let you in. he thinks.
"Oh goody, an inn in sight in this cold winter night, Perfect. Can't wait for the winter to pass. But I always appreciate a cold winter than a hot summer. Don't you agree guys?"
Phiona turns her head toward the groups when asking the question, but quickly turn her to face back on the road ahead.
Darn it, edited my post to only show group, and I got some pretty good roll if I was already in the inn =p
Domitian stifles a cough and draws up his cloak. He turns his head away as Phiona looks at him. I need a hot meal and some mulled wine... He thinks to himself looking at the inn off in the distance. Anxiety. Domitian, brows furrowing looks at his companion, trotting through the snow several paces away from the group. Relax. It's only temporary Ronyo. Even after all their time together the fox's odd behavior and faded color still surprised him. More emotions of nervousness follow but Domitian ignores them, continuing the his trek through the snow. I am totally not being a jerk but Domitian is a bit of a loner and has an awful charisma score and sucks at being social.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Egan turns to Phiona and says.
Saesa omentien lle Phiona. Nae saian luume' avvae.
I did not see languages selected for Domitian. If he were to speak Slyvan, at least three of us would have a language we could converse in other than common. And if by wild chance he could speak Ignan then he could understand Egan while he is in combat...
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Andrej grunts in agreement with Phiona, and paws through his few remaining coins...
Four walls are also safer. We can ask after the lay of the land - prehaps even pool coin for a guide.
I am totally not being a jerk but Domitian is a bit of a loner and has an awful charisma score and sucks at being social.
8 isnt a horrible score - its below average is all. Andrej has 8 as well. He isn't a social butterfly but he's far from being socially crippled... 6 or 7 on the other hand is bad.
As you approach the Inn there is a break in the snow allowing you to get a clear view of a snow covered half timbered structure, two stories high and of a large size. Its chimney stack raises out of the snow covering its heavily thatched roof and lets whisps of woodsmoke out into the winds.
The door is raised on a step and is clear of the snow laying inches deep on the ground and a soft, inviting glow comes from behind the shuttered windows. The promise of warmth, food and a comfortable bed before your next long slog to Olegs trading post beckons you in.
Approaching the door you see the sign of the Dog and Goat swinging wildly in the wind, its heavy wood coated with snow driven into it by the wind so only the dog is visible. Entering the well spaced common room and stamping the snow from your boots you feel the pain in your fingers and toes as they begin to warm.
"Travellers this early in the season, you'll be wanting beds and stew no doubt?" The middle aged man behind the reception area says quietly through the haze of pipe smoke in a gravelly voice...
"And mulled wine if you have it." Domitian says shaking the snow from his cloak. I can't tell. Is this structure a wall and some little buildings inside of it? Or is it supposed to be all under a roof. It's weird to have tables sitting outside but it's weird to have a wagon inside...
Bear in mind your not yet at Olegs trading post, your about a day north of it, two days in the snow. So don't worry about the map just yet.
Half timbered is a single bulding with stone walls on the ground floor and wooden walls on the upper floor. This inn has shuttered windows and a large downstairs common room with a roaring fire, theres a reception counter just inside the door and some stairs leading up, there are also a couple of doors which probably lead further into the inn.
"Mulled wine we can manage, get yourselves around the fire and i'll be right back." The hazy figure turns toward a dor to the rear of the establishment.
The common room is around 20ft wide and 40ft long from the counter, it has several tables in the middle and the fire is against the far wall from the door about 20ft down the room. Sitting at a table near the fire with a bowl of stew is a figure in worn winter travelling gear and a wide brimmed floppy hat, as you cluster into the doorway the figure does not look up.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Egan comes in from the cold unmounted, leading Sparky by a leash. He shakes the loose snow from his all too thin cloak on the step and enters the warmth. Ahhhh. he vocalizes. A gnome might thaw in here.
Too cold to think of anything but the fire, Egan takes the proprietor's advise and crowds the fire, almost standing in the flames. Ahhhh.
|Alagor Faelan
Similar to others, Alagor shakes the snow from his coat, stomping his boots at the same time. He removes his leather travel gloves, and unties his scarf, all the while massaging his aching fingers, as a means to swiftly return circulation to his hands.
Still not really noticing the warmth, Alagor's gaze wander towards the little gnome and his riding dog. Strange little fellow, this Egan....would never expect 'im to join a chartered expedition. But then again, who would have thought that me...
His thoughts wandering, his notices the figure in worn winter travelling gear with a wide brimmed floppy hat. On the road to the inn, he had the chance to discuss a bit with his newly met acquaintances, and he was more than aware that he was not the best person in the group to parlay with strangers. Unless you wanted your initial contact to either scare them away, or make them pissed as hell...
Looking back to his fellow travellers, he tries to make eye contact with Phiona, silently motioning his head towards the figure who was obviously busy eating the stew. I sure do hope she catches my hint
@Domitian it's okay. I agreed with Andrej that 8 isn't too bad, and hey if 7 is bad, that means my 7 wisdom would made me have no common sense at all XD
@Egan I dunno where to find Sylvan language so, ah well. I found Elven though, but sadly we're not speaking Elven.
When Egan replied to Phiona's question on the road, she replied initially in Slyvan, but quickly slipped back into Common, her mother tongue.
"Well, when you grew up in a hot place, you tends to prefer the coolness more."
"I mean warm is still the best, but at least when it's cold, you could put on warm clothings, however when it's too hot, you have to waste precious water to cool yourself."
Who else beside the innkeeper, the man wearing the winter gear and us are in the common room? Perception Check:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Phiona then continued the journey inside the the inn. After being greeted by what seems to be the innkeeper. Alagor seems to be acting strange from how he normally act during the trip.
Sense Motive Check: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17
She could guess what Alagor intentions are, or at least think he meant interacting with the man wearing the floppy hat. Phiona approach the man eating the stew,
"Greetings sir, I'm Phiona, sure is nice to be able to find a place to lay our head during a snow storm eh."
Phiona asked the man kindly, and attempts to sit on the seat next to him.
Domitian finds a place near the fire to dry his gear and takes a seat at a table nearest the fire. Subconsciously he probes the mental connection with his fox companion Ronyo. Contentment, and warmth is all he gathers before putting it out of mind once again. Domitian then begins to stare at apparently the inns only other guest. Eyes lingering too long to be considered polite. He then removes his mace from his belt and places it upon the table. While he waits for his wine and food he sifts though what he remembers about the area and this inn. Knowledge (History):1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Unlike the others crowding the fire Andrej moves to the side of the room and leans on a wall, looking around the room and its guests... wary. The heat of the room, while not as great as the area close to the fire itself is enough to slowly warm chilled flesh.
He observes until the Innkeep returns with mulled wine.
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Senses Motive
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
If there are no threats potential or obvious then he'll join the group... otherwise he'll take his mulled wine where he stands and continue 'overwatch'.
The floppy capped figure looks up from its bowl, "Sir?" the middle aged woman says in a drink ravaged voice, "My name is Anza, and this is as fine a place as any to while away einter night."
@Domitian The Stolen Lands have been fought over many times by many peoples, this inn is so large because it garrisoned a force against the Taldans who marched through this area long ago. You recall reading rumours that the place is so greatly fought over as there is gold in the Kamelands, which are the hills to the south of the Greenbelt, most recently this area has fallen to banditry and lawlessness. In an ancient text you were privy to in the Swordlords library before you set off you found some information concerning the thinness of the barriers between dimensions and the Stolen Lands proximity to a place known as the First World, a centuries old scholar wrote a grimoire on its influence on the unnatural storms in the area.
Looking around the common room it remains mostly empty, its tables and chairs neatly placed and with a small film of dust as though they had not been poloshed for a while, the only other occupant is a large shape beneath a bedroll on the far side of the room from the door.
@Andrej nothing seems threatening or out of place, just a couple of travellers like yourself.
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Andrej joins the others near the fire but drinks using his left hand, keeping his right hand free and hooked in his belt near the hilt of the curved sword.
Going for a gunfighter vibe
Hmm, the First World... I wonder if this is where my curse came from? Dom loses himself in thought unintentionally zoning out on the happenings going on around him.
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
|Alagor Faelan
"Greetings kind keeper, what the price of your finest ale and most filling food? Do you have any room left?"
Hearing this, Alagor blinks a few times and casts an inquisitive look towards female bard. Then he states blandly: "My'lady Phiona, we have been told that we would need to resupply and prepare from the expedition to the Stolen lands, paying from our own pocket. I am not aware of your financial situation, but shouldn't we be more prudent with our resources? One expensive ale 'ere might equal several meals in the wilds..."
He holds his right hand up, palm towards the inn-keeper, in order to pause the man, until Phiona either rescinds or confirm her order.
"You make a fair point Alagor, but if today was your last day, and tomorrow would be too late, would you buy yourself a drink today? Beside I'm merely asking for the price, no harm done. Let's hear the cost before we order?"
Phiona said to Alagor, and proceed to inquire about the price from the innkeeper.
@DM How much would wine or ale cost, and some food would be nice too.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
"Well that was kind of the Swordlords eh."
Phiona stood up and move over to pick up the mulled wines. She then proceed to sit down next to Domitian and pulls out a flask from her backpack and filled it with the wine. Putting the flask now filled with wine back into her backpack, she asked Domitian,
Diplomacy Check:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
"Hey Domitian, why the long face? We're gonna be in this for quite some time, there's no reason to keep yourself from us."
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
The gnome's spirits rise despite the lack of coin in his purse as takes an offered mug of steaming wine. As often as you see a gnome, if he is a smart gnome. Egan calls after the innkeeper, answering the question. Pleased with his quick response he allows himself a smile, takes a deep drink, and seems to notice his surroundings for the first time. Telling Sparky to Stay!, from behind his group he quietly casts Enhanced Diplomacy on himself, if he thinks he can do so without drawing too much attention, them moves past his party.
Thought I would never be warm again. he says to the room as he moves to the table with Anza. Flashing her his best smile he asks. Lovely lady, might I join you for a while? He indicates a chair at her table. I would hear of this Inn and its surrounds. What news of the road? From where do you come from and what good luck brings you here to brighten our day?
Diplomacy 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
I ponder the mysteries of my life, and the possible connections that could be held with the history of this land. With that Dom collapses back into his own thoughts. Sipping his wine staring into the flames.
|Sergei Malov
"Well, I was going to ask for the cheap rotgut, but if the Swordlords are covering it, I'll drink their wine. Here's to our benefactors!"
He takes a long swig of the wine, letting it warm him all the way down.
When the owner returns and has a moment: "So how's business these days? I wouldn't imagine there'd be much traffic down this way. Even less, in the winter months."
If it's wanted: Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Actually can we just assume a Take 10 on Diplomacy(=16), Sense Motive(=14) and the like unless stated otherwise, if only to avoid littering every conversation with rolls?
And just for the record, since you mentioned it
Knowledge(local)1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Anza "I normally trap for furs around the Greenbelt, I'm on my way back from Restov for the spring season and i saw the snow coming in. Seemed like a sensible place to stop, yourself?" Anza addresses Egan between mouthfuls of stew, taking a closer look at her its hard to judge but you think she may be younger than she looks. Her eyes peer sadly from her heavily lined face, as though a great burden rests on her shoulders.
@Sergei from your previous knowledge of the local area yiu know the Stolen Land is almost a war zone of many factions, bandits, barbarians and centaurs as well as more exotic creatures such as lizard folk and boggards. Currently the Greenbelt has a bandit problem but know one knows where the bandits are coming from, but trade along the South Restov Road has been heavily affected in recent years.
The propriator arrives back with three bowls of a fine smelling stew and sets them down before turning to head back to the kitchens for more. Hearing Sergei's question he turns, "Beg pardon young ser, I will happily answer your questions while you and you company eat but i must serve you first for that to happen."
"Oh goody food."
Phiona pick up a bowl of stew, and accidentally burn her tongue by trying to eat it too quickly.
"Ah, hot! But tasty. If only I could have some bread."
She put on a force smile to cover up her silliness. Learning her lesson, she's waiting both for the stew to cool a little and for the innkeeper to come back so she could ask for some bread.
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Andrej nods his thanks to the innkeep, sits keeping his sword free and eats with his left hand... but makes an appreciative sound as he does so.
Its good.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Egan waits for the the second set of bowls to be brought before he eats. Sparky is not quite as patient though and tugs at Andrej's cloak playfully, and whimpering softly, asking for a sample of the stew.
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
After a few trips in and out of the kitchens the landlord serves up 6 bowls of stew, a platter of bread and cheese and a refill for everyones drinks.
Taking a seat behind the counter with a mulled wine of his own he answers Sergei from the distance "Well its a quiet time of year thats for sure, my wife will be back soon enough though and the spring traders with get through. For the last few months and most of this one all I have seen are the odd trapper like Anza and a few late caravans." He lets out a contented sign as the wine settles, "Even those few caravans were talking about the stag demon that the bandits have started worshipping, they even wear a pin on their cloaks now. It sounds like you've got a hard few months ahead."
Stag demon?
Phiona thought to herself.
Bardic Knowledge check:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Confuse as to what stag demon is, Phiona took a sip of the wine and asked the innkeeper,
"What's this stag demon you talked about? Haven't heard of that deity before? Mind telling us more about it?"
Phiona smile and nods at the bartender, hoping that it'll ease his worry, she then asked Anza,
"Miss Anza, how about you? You know much about this "stag demon"?
Phiona emphasise on stag demon, though for whatever reason she doesn't even know herself, but she said it that way.
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Anza "I normally trap for furs around the Greenbelt, I'm on my way back from Restov for the spring season and i saw the snow coming in. Seemed like a sensible place to stop, yourself?" Anza addresses Egan between mouthfuls of stew, taking a closer look at her its hard to judge but you think she may be younger than she looks. Her eyes peer sadly from her heavily lined face, as though a great burden rests on her shoulders.
Now that he has his stew and some fresh bread he turns his attention back to the trapper. Yes. Very sensible. My group will not be allowed the luxury of sense I fear. If the snows allow, we are headed back out soon enough. Its on to the trading post for us. And then to explore some of these lands and learn if the bandit situation is as bad as they say. He looks more closely at Anza. But its more than the weather that has you worried Lass. I can tell. Is the trapping so bad this year? What is your worry girl? You can tell Egan about it. I've a good ear and have soothed a few woes in my life.
Getting a little behind. Sorry
The mention of the Stag Demon causes Dom's ears to perk up. Knowledge(History):[ooc]1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
or [ooc]Knowledge(Arcana):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Anza As she seems about to open up to the charming gnome she hears Phiona's question and turns to face her, wiping a small tear from the corner of her eye. "I've heard nothing of a stag demon, but the word around the trappers is that the bandits have a new king. I saw Nettles Crossing far to the south, its been burned and ruined by the bandits, and i swear i heared Davik crying out for revenge."
"Urgh, urm. I'm sorry Anza."
Phiona didn't realise that she would upset the poor lady, she move towards her and tries to comfort her.
Bardic Knowledge on Nettles Crossing:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
I believe I know everything with natural 20. just kidding =p, but does that also net me know who Davik is? Or should I just ask her, if so then I'll asked her who's Davik too.
With a straight, what a waste btw, you know that Davik Nettles is or was the builder and owner of Nettles Crossing, one of the few places you can cross the Shrike River. Its often refered to by merchants who travel the River Kingdoms.
Anza "Never met him, i trap in the woods not the hills. But apparently he charged a fair rate for using his bridge, lived out there with just his dogs for company." Turning back to Phiona with a slight smile, "Don't worry dear, nothing you did upset me. Just a silly old woman thinking abiut things best not thought of."
|Egan 'Little Fire' Thermogauge
Still trying to get her to open up Egan pours her some of the wine from his cup and talks further. Come now. The fire is worm and the company stout. There is nothing to fear in this room, and perhaps help to be had. Tell us of your life good Anza, and your troubles. And then let us tell you why we might be in need of a guide who knows these woods. If you know them as well I am am willing to bet, and are willing to travel, you will find us generous.
Phiona took out some papers folded to look like a notebook of some sort there's the first few page seems to be filled, she open to a page that only half filled and proceed to note down down something.
travelling together, we met a lady name Anza.
She doesn't seems bad, and she seems so sad.
Her family passed away, we hope one day, that she'll guide our way.
She doesn't seem to be content with what she wrote, but after only a moment of frowning, she puts the papers away and gave a smile to whoever's looking a her direction.
|Andrej 'Catfoot'
Anza With a sad look on her face she turns back to the gnome, "I would rather not talk about it, but my family passed away. It was long ago but it still hurts." She takes a deep breath and a long drink of her wine. "What do you need a guide for?"
We'd prefer to get lost only in the area's we're meant to explore and pacify... would be a grand joke if we ended up in the wrong part of the country pressing away from where we were meant to go.


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What makes a "blue water" boat?
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This is the kind of a question that would require a book to answer properly, but I will take a stab at it. I apologize in advance for the length of my reply. Most of this response was written as a series of articles meant for another venue and so I am not sure that this flows all that well either, and for that I also apologize.
I think that the terms 'offshore' and 'coastal' get bandied about quite freely without any real thought about what the differences are. Even the term race boat is a bit vague since all kinds of boats are raced in all kinds of differing types of competition. Race boats can therefore vary quite widely depending on the type of racing that they are intended for. I am assuming that you are not asking about small one design race boats as much as boats that at least to one extent or another can be raced or cruised in a pinch.
For the most part, race boats are optimized to perform better than the racing rating rule under which it is intended to race. This has a lot of implications. Under some rules (IMS and IRC for example) race boats are optimized to be fast and easy to handle across a wide range of conditions, producing great all around boats, but in the worst cases (International, Universal, CCA and IOR rules for example), the shape of the hulls, and design of the rig are greatly distorted to beat the shortcomings and loopholes in the rule, producing boats that become obsolete as race boats, and to a great extent as cruising boats as well, once the rule becomes history.
While the EU does have a system that certifies boats into one of 4 categories, this rating system was intended to remove trade barriers between the various EU countries. It represents the lowest common denominator between all of the regulations that pre-existed the formation of the EU. A boat that is certified as meeting the CE Small Craft Directive, in the offshore category, has met this minimum standard but it does not certify that the vessel is actually suitable for offshore use. For example the EU standards do not look at motion comfort, or the suitability of the interior layout for offshore use. Stripped out racers with minimal tankage and fragile rigs can and do obtain offshore certification. The U.S. does have the ORC, ABS, and ABYC standards which are somewhat helpful, but again does not certify that the vessel is actually suitable for offshore use
In a broad terms, a well made coastal cruiser should be more expensive than a dedicated offshore distance cruising boat, because it needs to be more complex and actually needs more sophisticated engineering and construction than most people will accept in a dedicated offshore boat. When new, the high tech materials used, and the first class hardware generally employed, make racers comparatively expensive as well. They are also expensive to maintain in full race condition since maintaining a smooth, fair bottom, good sails, running rigging. and sophisticated electronics does not come cheaply. But as they grow older and less competitive, they often become real bargains.
In a general sense, all boats are a compromise and with experience you learn which compromises make sense for your own needs and budget. Most times the difference between an optimized race boat, coastal cruiser and a dedicated offshore cruising boat is found in the collection of subtle choices that make a boat biased toward one use or the other. A well designed and constructed coastal cruiser will often make a reasonable offshore cruising boat and club level racer, while traditional dedicated offshore cruising boats usually make very poor racers or coastal cruisers.
Which brings up another key point. I would think that most knowledgeable sailors use the term offshore cruiser, they generally think of traditional, long waterline, full keeled or long fin keeled, heavy displacement, cutters or ketches. But in recent years there has been a whole series of modern offshore cruisers, which have been designed to take advantage of the research into stability, motion comfort, performance, and heavy weather sail handling that emerged as the result of the Fastnet and subsequent disasters. These boats tend to be longer for their displacement, often have fin or bulb keels, and carry a variety of contemporary rigs such as fractionally rigged sloop rigs. Depending on the specifics of the boat in question, a race boat may also make a reasonable coastal cruiser or offshore cruiser but will rarely be ideal as either and will generally take some adaptation to reach a reasonable standard for these applications.
Looking further, when I think of the distinctions between a raceboat, vs. coastal cruiser vs. a dedicated offshore boat, there are specific attributes that I would look for:
A typical well-used coastal cruiser might only sail five hundred to a thousand miles a year. Most do less. A well-used offshore cruiser may do as much as 20,000 to 30,000 miles in a single year (10,000 15,000 being more typical). Whether traditional or modern, offshore cruising boats need to be designed to stand up to the long haul. A single year of offshore cruising can literally be the equivalent the abuse encountered in 20 or 30 years of coastal cruising.
Traditional offshore cruisers come in a range of flavors. Whether fiberglass, steel, alloy or timber, traditional offshore cruisers tend to have robust hulls that are simply constructed. Hull panels tend to be very heavy, accessible and maintainable. Internal framing tends to be widely spaced or almost non-existent. Engineering tends to be simple and reliable. Materials tend to be low tech, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The down side is that a weight goes into these structures using up valuable displacement that could be used for additional carrying capacity or ballast. Some of his weight is carried high in the hull and deck structure reducing stability and increasing roll and pitch.
Modern offshore cruisers tend to use higher tech materials and structural design. Some robustness and redundancy may be given up, but often the better of these newer designs have greater strength despite their lighter weight. These newer designs often take advantage of sophisticated framing systems and purposefully selected alloys or laminates. They often benefit from careful engineering intended to improve impact resistance and longevity.
Whether traditional or modern, offshore cruisers need to be able the cyclical loadings that insidiously wear out a boat over long passages. Larger margins of safety are required. In offshore cruising boats more than the other types, a little weight added, an often breed a whole lot more weight. A little added weight has a way of ricocheting through the whole design cycle. A little weight added means that perhaps the sail area needs to be increased. The increased sail area means a little more ballast. The added ballast perhaps means larger keel bolts and more robust transverse frames. This additional weight and sail area means higher stress on the rigging and so perhaps heavier rigging and attachment points get added, and that means perhaps a decrease in stability or perhaps a bit more ballast. The added weight means more drag and so fuel consumption increases and perhaps so does the size of the fuel tanks. And with all that added weight the designer is then faced with an under-canvassed design or else adding a sail area and risking going though another round of weight addition. Which is why, when all is said and done, traditional offshore cruising boats tend to be so much heavier than race boats, coastal cruisers or even more modern offshore designs.
Coastal cruisers generally benefit from better performance than offshore boats and do not have as stringent a requirement for a robust structure as and offshore boat. As a result coastal cruisers greatly benefit from lighter construction using modern materials and methods. Redundancy and self-sufficiency is less of a requirement. Fully lined interiors and other conveniences are often the norm on cruisers. Even quality coastal cruisers use molded force grids or pans that are glued in rather than laid up in place. Framing is often wider spaced and less robust. Hull panels are often cored and thinner than on an offshore boat. Rarely do they receive the careful workmanship that is required for a quality race boat, or the high safety factors ideally applied to a dedicated offshore cruiser. Then again they dont need either as their use and abuse is generally much less harsh then encountered in the life cycles of either racing or offshore cruising boats.
Race boats generally benefit from the most sophisticated engineering of the three. Weight is the enemy of speed and motion comfort and so great attention is paid to reducing weight where weight can be reduced. But since breaking a boat is a very slow way around a racecourse, with some notable exceptions for specific racing classes, and racing periods, race boats are surprisingly tough. They are designed for very heavy loadings compared to coastal cruisers since racing crews will often carry on in no matter what nature throws at them, carrying far more sail than one might normally consider prudent. Their larger sail area to weight ratios, proportionately higher ballast ratios, their use of low stretch line and sails, the willingness to carry a lot of sail into higher wind ranges, and placement of the crew weight (often as much as 15% or more of the displacement of the boat) out on the rail as moveable ballst results in enormous strains compared to similar displacement offshore or coastal cruisers.
By the same token, race boats are designed with smaller safety margins so the engineering better be right. The problem with smaller safety margins is that over time race boats wear out quicker than other types of boats. Designers and owners somewhat see that as acceptable since rules also change over time making race boats more likely to become obsolete. Historically there is nothing man made (except perhaps a 15 year old computer) that is quite as obsolete as an obsolete rule beating race boat, and so historically designers are more willing to view them as disposable. At least with some of the newer rules, the boats being produced are good all around boats and quite a bit more robust and so may find a long useful life cycle.
Race boats generally use higher grade and higher tech materials. They are often the first to benefit from advances in structural design. They often have fewer openings in the hull and deck, which results in much greater stiffness and potentially less fatigue issues. Structural workmanship is often as good as it gets in the world of building yachts even if the interior finishes often seem a little crude. Race boats often gave very sophisticated internal framing systems, which take up room within the interior but make them far sturdier than their light weight would seem to imply.
All of that said, this has not always been the case, CCA era race boats often suffered from the mediocre engineering and poor laminating practices of the day, and IOR era and early IMS era boats often had fragile rigs.
On a coastal cruiser there should be good wide berths, with enough sea berths for at least half of the crew for that night run back to make work the next day. An offshore cruiser is often handled by a smaller crew and so fewer berths and fewer sea berths are necessary. The berths on an offshore boat should be narrower and have leeboards or lee cloths. On both I am looking for a well-equipped galley but the galley needs to be larger on a coastal cruiser so that there is adequate space to prepare meals for the typically larger crew or a raft-up. Refrigeration is less important on a coastal cruiser, where ice is typically readily available at the next port of call, although the case can be made for no refrigeration or icebox if you are going offshore. Race boats tend to have Spartan accommodations. Offshore oriented race boats will often have enough seaberths to sleep half the crew on either side of the boat so that the off watch crew can be tacked along with the boat. Water tanks are often reasonably sized to take care of a race boats large crews, but fuel tankage is often a bad joke. Storage is generally huge to carry a race boats large sail inventory, but it does not work well for carrying groceries, spares and supplies.
A comfortable cockpit for lounging is very important on a coastal cruiser. It should be larger than an offshore boat to accommodate a larger number of people which is OK since pooping is less likely to occur doing coastal work. Dedicated offshore boats generally have smaller cockpits with very large drains. The cockpits are deeper and have taller coamings to protect the crew. This makes them less comfortable for lounging and less easy to move in and out of. Ideally offshore boats have bridge decks that are higher than the lowest point of the coaming and companionway slides that can be locked in place to avoid down flooding. All of which makes moving about a bit less convenient. Race boat cockpits tend to need the wide open spaces to house the vast crowds that inhabit them on the race course. If you think of a race boat cockpit at a mark rounding, you have a helmsman, mainsail trimmer, guy trimmer, sheet trimmer, pit person, and perhaps a grinder or two. Thats a whole lot of people and each need their own space to that voodoo that they do so well. Coamings and seats just get in the way. Modern racer-cruisers often have removable seats that double as cockpit lockers and which are removed for racing (along with a few hundred pounds of the unnecessary gear used to deliver the boat to the race course).
-Deck hardware:
While gear for offshore boats need to be simple and very robust, coastal cruisers need to be able to quickly adapt to changing conditions. For the coastal cruiser greater purchase, lower friction hardware, easy to reach cockpit-lead control lines, all make for quicker and easier adjustments to the changes in wind speed and angle that occur with greater frequency. There is a big difference in the gear needed when, well tack tomorrow or the next day vs. auto-tacking or short tacking up a creek.
Offshore boats need to be heavier. They carry more stuff, period. The traditional rule of thumb was that an offshore boat needs to weigh somewhere between 2 1/2 and 5 long tons per person. A coastal cruiser can get by with less weight per crew person but generally is cruised by a larger crew. The problem that I have is that most offshore sailors and many coastal cruisers seem to start out looking for a certain length boat and then screen out the boats that are lighter than the displacement that they think that they need. This results in offshore boats and some coastal cruisers that are generally comparatively heavy for their length. There is a big price paid in motion comfort, difficulty of handling, performance and seaworthiness when too much weight is crammed into a short sailing length.
I suggest that a better way to go is to start with the displacement that makes sense for your needs and then look for a longer boat with that displacement. That will generally result in a boat that is more seaworthy, easier on the crew to sail, have a more comfortable motion, have a greater carrying capacity, have more room on board, and be faster as well. Since purchase, and maintenance costs are generally proportional to the displacement of the boat the longer boat of the same displacement will often have similar maintenance costs. Since sail area is displacement and drag dependent, the longer boat of an equal displacement will often have an easier to handle sail plan as well.
-Keel and Rudder types:
I would say unequivocally that for coastal cruising a fin keel is the right way to go here. The greater speed, lesser leeway, higher stability and ability to stand to an efficient sail plan, greater maneuverability and superior windward performance of a fin keel with spade rudder (either skeg or post hung) are invaluable for coastal work. Besides fin keels/bulb keels are much easier to un-stick in a grounding. In shallower venues, a dagger board with a bulb or a keel/centerboard is also a good way to go.
There is a less obvious choice when it comes to the keel and rudder type for offshore cruising. Many people prefer long or full keels for offshore work but to a great extent this is an anachronistic thinking that emerges from recollections of early fin-keelers. Properly engineered and designed, a fin keels with a skeg hung rudder can be a much better choice for offshore work. There is the rub. Few fin keelers in the size and price range that most people purchase for offshore cruising are engineered and designed for abuses of dedicated offshore cruising. That said, popular offshore cruisers like the Pacific Seacraft, and Valiants have adapted skeg-hung spade rudders while the Island Packets have chosen to use a rudder post hung spade rudder.
Of course race boats thrive on stability and low drag. For them, under most racing rules, there is only one choice, fin keels and spade rudders. Under some of the older rules, (International, Universal and CCA) race boats often had fin keels with attached rudders. This was the worst of all worlds. The boats do not track as well as a spade rudder but have all of the negatives of a keel hung rudder (greater exposure to damage being close to the depth of the keel, higher loading, less maneuverable). Newer race boats have minimal foil area and large bulb keels. This combo was chosen for greater stability and therefore sail carrying capacity as well as minimal drag. As a side benefit this keel type has been demonstrated to offer increased seaworthiness and motion comfort that results from a significantly lower center of gravity relative to the vertical center of buoyancy, better dampening, and the ability to stall at high side loadings which reduces the likelihood of being rolled in a large breaking wave. In US Naval Academy studies of groundings, bulb keels were also shown to be the easiest to extract from a grounding, which is a very good thing considering that more modern race boats generally have significantly deeper drafts.
-Ground tackle:
Good ground tackle and rode-handling gear is important for both cruising types but all-chain rodes and massive hurricane proof anchors are not generally required for coastal cruising. Race boats often lack proper anchor handling gear or in the most extreme cases, they may even lack fixed cleats to tie up with. Frankly from the racers point of view these are simply things that get in the way of that perfect hoist, douse , tack, or jibe.
At least on the US East Coast, (where I sail and so am most familiar with) light air performance and the ability to change gears is important for a coastal cruiser. It means more sailing time vs. motoring time and the ability to adjust to the 'if you don't like the weather, wait a minute' which is typical of East Coast or Great Lakes sailing. If you are going to gunkhole under sail, maneuverability is important. Windward and off wind performance is also important.
With all of that in mind, I would suggest that a fractional sloop rig with a generous standing sail plan, non- or minimally overlapping jibs, and an easy to use backstay adjuster is ideal. This combination is easy to tack and trim or change gears on. I would want two-line slab reefing for quick, reliable on the fly, reefing. I would want an easy to deploy spinnaker as well.
For offshore use, traditional cruising boats tend to have a very high drag relative to their stability and so low aspect ratio rigs are important. Depending on the size of the boat, cutter and ketch rigs are the time-tested solution. They work reasonably well as long as simplicity and performance are not important.
More modern, lower drag offshore cruisers seem to be using fractional sloop rigs with a great deal more frequency for many of the same reasons as coastal cruisers. But modern offshore cruisers can be found with the full range of rigs; masthead sloops (with and without removable jib stays), cutters, ketches, even schooners you name it.
Racers are only concerned with efficiency, the most drive for the least sail area as measured by the rule. It is this last phrase that has lead to terrible distortions to rig proportions relative to what is easy to handle or actually efficient in an absolute sense. For example, the CCA under penalized genoas and mizzens, and so yawls and huge overlapping headsails appeared. The IOR fairly measured mizzen sail area and so yawls disappeared again, but the IOR over penalized mainsails and under penalized headsails and so masthead sloops with tiny high aspect ratio mainsails and huge genoas and spinnakers became the rage. The IMS measures the impact of sails more fairly and so fractional rigs with their ease of shifting gears has become the rage.
The bad news for coastal cruisers is that the racing rig fad dujour often shows up on next years coastal cruiser. The really bad news is that since coastal cruisers often stay in production for many years these bad fad ideas often stay in the coastal cruiser marketplace for a very long time. If you doubt that look at the IOR proportioned rig on most Catalinas.
I think that speed is especially important to coastal cruising. To me speed relates to range and range relates to more diverse opportunities. To explain, with speed comes a greater range that is comfortable to sail in a given day. In the sailing venues that I have typically sailed in, being able to sail farther in a day means a lot more places that can be reached under sail without flogging the crew or running the engine. When coastal cruising speed also relates to being able to duck in somewhere when things get dicey.
It can be argued that speed is less important to the offshore cruiser. Whats an extra knot when you have an ocean to cross. On the other hand, a little more speed can allow a crafty distance cruiser to pick the wind system that he is sailing in or keep moving in a doldrum. It can mean more sailing relative to motoring and so a lower requirement for fuel, stores and water capacity. It can mean somewhat less expense for a given passage. It can mean more time in an interesting port relative to time at sea, which is an advantage to those who prefer portside to offshore, but which is a disadvantage to those for whom cruising is all about the passage making.
Of course, race boats are all about speed, speed in all conditions. The best race boats are fast in all conditions and are quick to shift gears on the fly dealing with whatever Mother Nature throws at them. I often hear how cruising boats are faster than race boats in a breeze. I just have not seen that at all. Big wind or small, most modern race boats are radically faster than their non- racing sisters from the same era. The possible exception to this would be the CCA era boats with their short waterlines, and the pre-Fastnet IOR boats with their distorted hullforms and rigs.
Good ventilation is very critical to both cruising types. Operable ports, hatches, dorades are very important. While offshore, small openings are structurally a good idea, for coastal work this is far less of an issue. Ventilation is irrelevant to most dedicated race boats, but boats intended as racer cruisers need all the ventilation they can get, if nothing else to dry out after a spinnaker that has been shrimping gets dumped down below to be packed.
-Visibility and a comfortable helm station:
Coastal boats are more likely to be hand steered in the more frequently changing conditions, and higher traffic found in coastal cruising and are more likely to have greater traffic to deal with as well. A comfortable helm position and good visibility is critical. Offshore, protection of the crew becomes more important. Racers need to see their sails, the waves, and their competition. Visibility is important, but often gets compromised by the use of deck sweeping jibs and low booms that wipe out visibility from the high side.
Storage and Tankage:
There is a perception that coastal cruisers so not need storage. I disagree with that. Coastal cruisers need different kinds of storage than an offshore boat but not necessarily less storage. Good storage is needed to accommodate the larger crowds that are more likely to cruise on a short trip. Good water and holding tankage is important because people use water more liberally inshore assuming a nearby fill up, but with a larger crew this takes a toll quickly. Holding tanks are not needed offshore but they are being inspected with greater frequency in crowded harbors and there are few things worse than cruising with a full holding tank and no way to empty it. Offshore boats generally need larger fuel tanks.
Motion Comfort and Seakindliness
This is probably the most controversial of the topics. It is important to understand that when it comes to motion comfort, there is no universally right, one size fits all. Relative motion comfort derives from the amount of motion and rate of acceleration that is inherent in the design of a boat as it is actually loaded. How comfortable the motion feels results from the combination of those two factors; amount of motion and the rate of change in motion. It is very hard to design a boat that inherently has both a minimal range of motion, and which also has slow acceleration rates. It can be done, but historically it wasnt.
Complicating this discussion further, is that fact that people are affected by motion differently. In a U.S. Navy study of motion sickness, it was found that of the people who are prone to motion discomfort, roughly one third were predominantly affected by the amount of movement, but were minimally affected by the rate of change. Another third were predominantly affected by the rate of change, but were minimally affected by the amount of movement. And the remaining third were affected by both the amount and the rate of change. The ideal solution then is to find out how you personally are affected by motion and then to seek a boat with a motion consistent with your own natural preference.
There are a lot of factors that affect a boats natural motion but the biggies are inertia, stability, buoyancy distribution, and dampening.
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(Cleveland) - The county prosecutor in Cleveland says if it can be proven that kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro was responsible for the death of an unborn child of one of his victims, prosecutors will go for the death penalty.
Tim McGinty held a quick media briefing Thursday to say that he will seek charges for every single act committed by Castro while he held his three victims hostage.
McGinty says Ohio law calls for the death penalty for the "most depraved criminals who commit aggravated murder during the course of a kidnapping." He says aggravated murder charges could be filed related to pregnancies terminated by force.
Ariel Castro is being held on $8 million bail. The 52-year-old former school bus driver was under a suicide watch in jail, where he was being held on kidnapping and rape charges.
Authorities say he held three women inside his home for about a decade.
McGinty suggests the charges could number in the hundreds, if not thousands.
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A credit rating agency said that Panasonic would likely survive longer than Sony after downgrading both electronics companies.
Credit rating agency Fitch recently lowered Panasonic's rating down two notches to BB, but cut Sony down three notches to BB minus. Other credit rating agencies have put them at the same level.
The reason for Fitch's credit ratings? It claims Panasonic has a "relatively stable consumer appliance business," such as refrigerators and washing machines, aside from just consumer electronics. Sony, on the other hand, is mainly depending on the extremely competitive consumer electronics market.
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Here's a time-saving baked chicken recipe with delicious Thai flavor. It's nutty tasting, with a bit of spice. Add a steamed veggie and you'll have a complete meal in moments. —Brenda Hendrickson, Danville, Kentucky
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- 1 can (13.66 ounces) coconut milk
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- Combine coconut milk and sauce mix in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until thickened.
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The old saying about the evil men do lives on after them is all so evident in what is happening in Somalia. In the 19th century, European colonialists invaded east Africa and carved out the nation of "Somalia." Naturally, in the process that brought together diverse peoples who were more clan centered than having feelings regarding the nation of Somalia. The area became a playground during the Cold War for the Soviet Union and the United States to engage in a struggle for supremacy. In the aftermath of 9/11, the Bush administration became convinced terrorists were in Somalia and urged the Ethiopian government two years ago to send in an invading army. This outside force drove an Islamic government which was in the process of attempting to create some semblance of law and order.
The Christian invaders left several months ago which resulted in the current civil war among Muslim groups and clans to determine which will sit in the capital of Mogadishu. During the past three months over 200,000 people have fled the city to join an estimated half million refugees. Perhaps, the best thing the outside world at this juncture can do is simply allow Islamic groups to vie for power and wait until the dust settles.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Junior Chad Ebert (Kenosha, Wis.) carded a one-over par 73 to pace the Phoenix in the opening round of the Green Bay Invitational and help the hosts to sit just three strokes out of the lead entering Tuesday's final round at Green Bay Country Club. Green Bay shot a 301 (+13) as a team and trail North Dakota State (298), Saint Ambrose (300) and Butler (300) in a bunched of leaderboard.
Ebert's round leaves him in sixth place but only two shots off the lead of North Dakota State's Ursinio Puga Gil, who was the lone player under par on a windy day. The junior had three birdies on the par 72, 7,097 yard line.
Green Bay had two freshmen just stroke a stroke back of Ebert in a tie for ninth place. Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) led the field in birdies with five on the way to his 74 while Tyler Schmidt (Jefferson, Wis.), competing on the Green Bay B team, equaled that score.
The other three players competing for the Green Bay A team - Cam Fuller (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.), Sam Weber (Heartland, Wis.) and Dan Ozga (Edgerton, Wis.) each finished with five-over par 77s.
The other scores for the Green Bay B team, which sits in eighth place, were: Nic Johnson (79, t-26th), Chad Bonis (79, t-26th), Derek Fiestadt (81, t-35th) and Bo Van Handel (84, t-41st).
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Over the past few years I have engaged in debates with gun supporters in which any attempt to introduce common sense or rationality is greeted with cries I wish to take away their 2nd Amendment rights and foster dictatorship in America. Recently, I noted efforts by gun supporters in Congress to deny the VA the right to place individuals they deem a threat to themselves or others in the federal database on grounds to do so would deny veterans their right to a weapon. The purpose of placing names in the federal database is to protect individuals from doing harm, but to gun lovers, everyone has a sacred right to kill himself or others and to deny that right violates the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
I continually encounter individuals who insist they need their rifles and assault weapons in case a "tyrannical government" seeks to take away their rights. They boast of being ready to fight against tyranny. Funny, the United States has been under the rule of a tyrannical President Bush but I never witnessed any evidence of men with rifles storming into the streets to protect our liberties. Actually, the American Civili Liberties Union did more to protect American rights than all the gun lovers in this nation put together.
From 1865 to 1945, approximately 5000 Americans were lynched. In most cases those doing the lynching were white males who used their rifles and revolvers to seize innocent people and lynch them from the nearest tree and afterwards burn bodies or cut off pieces to display. Perhaps, gun lovers can cite examples of where mobs of white men used their weapons to protect the liberties of Americans. If possession of a rifle is required to ensure our liberties where were all those men when blacks or Asians or Italians or gays were being lynched? The RECORD is clear, white men with weapons have been the cause of more deaths of innocent people than any other group in the history of this nation. Let me stand corrected. There were a few cases during the Populist Revolt when mobs of white men protected black Populist members against the KKK. Unfortunately, those same men several years later joined with the KKK to strip blacks of their rights.
I wonder if those who proclaim they are ready to take up arms against the American government realize to do so makes them a traitor and subject to the death penalty. The last group of white men who took up arms belonged to the Confederacy and their rebellion led to the death of over 500,000 Americans.
Let me make clear, I have no problem with people having guns to use against unarmed deer or those pesky squirrels who threaten them by baring teeth. Their problem is the lack of common sense. There is no need for assault weapons unless they are incompetent hunters. There is need for checks on people who purchase guns. Above all, there is need for gun lovers to shut up about the need for weapons to use against a "tyrannical government" because their record during the Bush era was a total blank.
Since any comment about this essay will begin with the claim I am against people having guns, let me restate if it makes anyone feel heroic killing an unarmed deer, please be my guest. Above all, knock off the phony heroics.


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Teens and Technology: A Feminist Issue
The media would like you to believe that every time you log on to Facebook or – god forbid – the evil black hole of narcissism that is Twitter, another nail is inserted into the coffin of your general ability to function as a capable, well-rounded human being. Every time you update your status, every uploaded picture taken of yourself on your macbook, every "100 Things You Didn't Know About Me!" note you write, a modicum of self-awareness and empathy seeps from your pores. Essentially, the social networking sites that virtually our entire generation frequently uses are turning us into self-obsessed, unfeeling robots who will contribute nothing of worth to society.
Now, I don't know that this is entirely true. But if I see …