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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,841
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Decades ago, read an article on Viking ships in SAIL magazine. One sailboat designer whose name I can't recall said the hull design gleaned from archeological finds made him believe they were very fast under sail...close to modern monohull cruising yacht speed.
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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