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Lex Teredo
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My 16 year old went to the Annapolis Boat Show with us last year, and with all the bling on hand, the boat he loved most was a big Gozzard. It looked like a pirate ship, I was told.
Any sailboat that impresses an electronics addicted teen and gives them a romantic image of sailing, has to get some credit.
Norse Horse
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I don't see the Mac 26 on that list. 
h34r: Wrong Hunter as well.
h34r: Wrong Hunter as well.
chester
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it's at the top of the "4th mode" listI don't see the Mac 26 on that list.
European Bloke
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Congrats on the #1 slot! I’m curious if you knew you were designing a big winning design when you first designed the valient 40.
I have designed things I was not extremely excited about only to find them to be very successful and vice versa
The great unwashed
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Never understood the attraction of Gozzards. Slow, odd layouts. Would not include Catalinas either.
Saw a classic C&C off Waikiki last weekend. Such a distinctive profile.
Saw a classic C&C off Waikiki last weekend. Such a distinctive profile.
kent_island_sailor
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Glad to see C&C made it in there and the Valiant 40 sure looks good at #1.
Streetwise
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Did Bob get the most boats on that list for a single designer?
SASSAFRASS
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Interesting list, pulling so many different variations of what people want. It would be interesting to know if the top ten has a " top two or five" for most people. The HR42 has always been a irrational favorite of mine. Going down the list it's no way to definitely.
Panoramix
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It's funny, with the exception of the Arpege, the French boats that made it to the list would not be considered "great boats" on this side of the Atlantic.
May be the good designs didn't cross the Atlantic commercially but IMHO, boats like the Gin Fizz, at least one of the early 70s plywood boats, the Cigale 14, at least one Ovni, the RM 1050, the Romanée, the Centurion or the Hood 38 would better deserve a spot in this list than the other French designs (apart from the Arpège) that made it.
May be the good designs didn't cross the Atlantic commercially but IMHO, boats like the Gin Fizz, at least one of the early 70s plywood boats, the Cigale 14, at least one Ovni, the RM 1050, the Romanée, the Centurion or the Hood 38 would better deserve a spot in this list than the other French designs (apart from the Arpège) that made it.
European Bloke
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An American mag asked their readers. What did you expect? You'll see the European shutters that the manufacturers brought to shows.
dylan winter
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westerly centaurI don't see the Mac 26 on that list.
very fine little yachts
and cheap as chips
https://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/westerly-centaur/westerly-centaur.htm
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Panoramix
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Sail4beer
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The Vanguard is on the list but not the Catalina 42?
Time to sell the POA Catalina then- hell, I’ll keep the Vanguard then, it even sports a roller boom furler! Thanks Phil Rhodes for a great cruiser!
Nice work on topping the list Bob!
Time to sell the POA Catalina then- hell, I’ll keep the Vanguard then, it even sports a roller boom furler! Thanks Phil Rhodes for a great cruiser!
Nice work on topping the list Bob!
Caca Cabeza
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dylan winter
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suggesting the centaur was a bit tongue in cheek - although the little contessa and the solid old pearson is there. I took a look at the website and given the market it is aiming at I think that almost anything under 35 foot is not in the right price/level of luxury bracket for the publication.
Some lovely boats there - but I look at the length of them and do an immediate calculation about the cost of keeping one in a marina....
I consider myself to be a cruising sailor - but these yachts are nearly all world girdlers - so I am the wrong sort of cruising sailor and not in the target demographic for Cruising World.
their sort of sailing is an entirely different kettle of fish
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kent_island_sailor
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A really nice Landfall 38 from that list will set you back $40K or so and an Alberg 30 should be less than half that, maybe 1/4. It is not all high dollar boats.
Panoramix
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The Centaur is quite slow, doesn't like helmsmen who pinch, doesn't like light airs but it is rather good at exploring tidal areas others can't approach so definitely a good cruising boat for some people. Twin keels that are good performers only appeared 20 years after the Centaur.
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