Talk:Spray (sailing vessel)

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One might note there's a fictional Spray in the Wheel of Time. --Falos 00:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The included quotation is far too long for this article and should be cut down by 80% or more. Just link to the appropriate point in the book for anyone who wants to read the rest since there are many online editions. 24.136.6.69 06:15, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seaworthiness negotiable?

I find the last paragraph--on seaworthiness--pretty odd. To my (very inexpert) knowledge, the very idea of (smaller) freak waves and white squalls etc. is that a seemingly sea-worthy boat or ship can turn out to be not at all seaworthy when simply running into conditions that are rare, but not unheard of. Although I don't like other parts of the book (particularly the section on the Pamir), Tall Ships Down argues reasonably that a ship's stability or resistence to capsizing can be clearly underestimated by the captains.

I'd like to delete the respective parts of the paragraph. --Ibn Battuta (talk) 05:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Added Infobox

98.196.146.113 (talk) 23:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stability Analysis

I cannot track down the Chapelle quote. Other quotes by Chapelle in Slack (cited in article pp. 57-60, 67-69) do not mention the boat's stability -- an omission that implies Slack also found no mention by this expert. I question the validity of this quote and recommend it be considered for deletion.

The sources cited in the article, including Slack, speak favorably of Spray's stability. Slack determined the boat to be eminently seaworthy, as have other sources cited and seagoing replicas of the original.

98.196.146.113 (talk) 21:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]