{"id":2218,"date":"2015-12-27T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:19:56","slug":"pt11-off-label-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/pt11-off-label-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"PT11-“off label uses”.."},"content":{"rendered":"

This letter came in November and I have the author’s permission to post it along with the pictures he sent. It is clear by the pictures, that this boat has gotten some real use. Nothing could please us more. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

“The boat went into the water Thanksgiving 2014. Since then I\u2019ve spent a lot of time with it. I have become quite jaded over the years with lots of bluewater miles and lots of hours racing a thistle-not to mention dozens of other boats. However I think I can state unequivocally that this boat is by far the most fun I\u2019ve had on any boat in a very long time.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have to confess to some off-label uses\u2014on Sunday I was on a lake in Northern Massachusetts and had an adventure in an unexpected snow squall. Gusts 15-20 and horizontal snow. The gusts went away and I managed to keep the boat bottom side down. It took me a long time to regain normal feeling in my toes after I got back to base.<\/em><\/p>\n

In So Cal (my normal stomping grounds) I can take it lots of places that neither a Thistle or a Canoe (two of my other boats) are comfortable. The Thistle is too much boat for a narrow cove with gusting winds and canoes don\u2019t deal with surf (at my level of skill\u2014though they are fun in whitewater rivers). I bought a small Rocna and use it to anchor and dive off of the boat. Dolphins seem frequently curious about the unusual traffic and check the boat out. You don\u2019t realize how big they really are until you are eye to eye from water level.<\/em><\/p>\n

In one incautious moment (or of one of several)\u00a0 on a flat calm day I rowed into a little cove. There was a rock pillar in the center of it, but I didn\u2019t think anything of it. A boat wake from a passing ferry picked the PT11 up and deposited it directly on top of the pillar. I was really worried it was the end of my favorite toy. However when I got back to the dock, there was a slight paint chip aft of the mast area and NO OTHER DAMAGE!\u00a0 This boat is strong.<\/em><\/p>\n

In another adventure had a 2+ mile long plane down a lake in New Hampshire in a really big blow. I knew it was a bad idea but I was flying all the way and it was too much fun. I did not succeed in taking the boat upwind. After a couple of capsizes I gave up and left it on the lee beach until the weather changed. I think I would have been OK, but the boat was so slippery inside that I couldn\u2019t get up on the rail between tacks. I simply fell down.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve since put a tasteful patch of non-skid on the floor of the boat, and found that I can feather upwind sitting on the rail, even in a good bit of wind.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Foreman
\nNewport Beach, CA”<\/p>\n

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This letter came in November and I have the author’s permission to post it along with the pictures he sent. It is clear by the pictures, that this boat has gotten some real use. Nothing could please us more. \ud83d\ude09 “The boat went into the water Thanksgiving 2014. Since then I\u2019ve spent a lot of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,49,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-events","category-nesting-dinghy-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2229,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}