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Bump's World - January 2012
January 27, 2012
Ever since the 1776 every politician running for office in America has promised 3 things. First is an improved economy with more jobs, second is eliminating political corruption, and last, but not least, lowering taxes. More than 336 years later we have an economy that is in the tank, more political corruption than ever, and the highest taxes.
Bump's World - December 2011
December 7, 2011
We are nearing the end of 2011. The last 3 years of the boat business has been interesting, exciting and more than nerve racking.
Bump's World - November 2011
October 25, 2011
In the 1600's and 1700's ship building was a big growing industry in America. England was in the process of taking over the world and she needed the best ships to do that. He who ruled the seas ruled the world. To accomplish this England needed the resources from her colonies. The rescources of the America's was England's key to world domination.
Bump's World - July 2011
July 24, 2011
Last fall Jud and Cindy Smith called me to talk about boats again. During last summer I got Massachusetts Maritime to let us use their Hinckley 43 to see if that is something Jud and Cindy might like. Jud claims he has always wanted a traditional boat. You would think that one of the best sailboat racers in the world would be much more interested in how competitive the boat was and not the old slow style design.
Bump's World - June 2011
June 22, 2011
The sailmakers have 2 objectives in spinnaker evolution. The first is to make the sail easier to handle. The second is to make the sail faster.
Sailors thousands of years ago discovered that you can really pile on the sail area down wind compared to upwind. So they built much bigger sails to balloon out down wind. With the development of new fabrics a much lighter material could help the much bigger sails. This is because the loads are much less on the sail than on an upwind sail.
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