Coolboats to admire

[Sailbydate]

I've been following the Uglyboat Admiration Society Hang Out and have found that a number of cool boats end up on this thread - by accident or design (so to speak).

I thought it might be time to start a dedicated thread for cool boat designs as well.

Of course 'cool' is very much a subjective construct, so I guess some Uglyboats will end up in the Coolboat thread as well. Only fair I guess.

I've long been an admirer of traditional wooden boats and so here's a design by Canadian, Paul Gartside of a 30 foot Cutter, which I dream of having built, someday. Could get a whole lot of modern, light displacement flyer for the same outlay I guess - but it just wouldn't tug at my heartstrings in quite the same way.

She carries a lot of rag for her displacement. Paul has given her a bit more beam in an updated version of the design, so she stands up a bit better in a breeze apparently.

 

[kimbottles]

Cute boat, I like it. Paul is a good guy, I have one of his skiffs and I love it.

 

[bljones]

Great idea for a thread, sailby. i agree with you that there is likely gonna be some overlap between coolboats and uglyboats.

This thread needs a wall.

 

[Jackdaw]

All of Bolger's come over by default.

 

[kimbottles]

We need the Hamster to go with our Cool Wall.............

 

[hard aground]

but then we'll just have Bob putting boats where he wants them high on the wall where our resident midget can't reach.

 

[kimbottles]

but then we'll just have Bob putting boats where he wants them high on the wall where our resident midget can't reach.

Oh yeah, that's a risk.......but Bob seems to know what's cool and what's not cool, so maybe it will turn out OK after all...........

 

[Tucky]

Dick Newick's "Spark" design belongs on any cool wall, assuming multihulls are allowed. This is the best picture I can quickly find, maybe Jim Conlin will post more.

 

[Sailbydate]

Multihulls are most definitely allowed. Check out this VERY cool beauty. Soon to be be flying on SFC Bay.

 

[kimbottles]

Dick Newick's "Spark" design belongs on any cool wall, assuming multihulls are allowed. This is the best picture I can quickly find, maybe Jim Conlin will post more.

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Nice boat!

 

[Sailbydate]

Cute boat, I like it. Paul is a good guy, I have one of his skiffs and I love it.

Yes. He's a very talented traditional boat designer. I love his work. He has a great web site too. Definitely worth a browse. Check it out if you haven't already: http://www.gartsideboats.com

 

[Ishmael]

I saw this really cool boat anchored off Montague Harbour, all his anchors are painted red.

They were good enough to not run their generator while we were anchored close.

 

[Sailbydate]

I saw this really cool boat anchored off Montague Harbour, all his anchors are painted red.

They were good enough to not run their generator while we were anchored close.

Ha, ha. Thanks, Ishmael. This boat is exactly the reason I started this Coolboat thread. She ended up in the Uglyboat thread, I think because a point was made about slack rigging. But, I think we all agree Cresset (launched in 1929, apparently) is a sweet sloop (or is that cutter?).

 

[JBE]

If the slack rigging remark is about the jib, thats what you do. Its a flying jib on a wire or spectra luff, probably on a wykham martin or modern version furler of the same type( like a code zero furler). Especially if its the old type which it may well be, they furl better if you dump a little halyard. And at rest ... well its just like slacking off backstay on a modern fractional, takes all the fore and aft rig tension out. Old boats like that , it gives the garboard some time to straighten up.

 

[Merrill Levi]

But, I think we all agree Cresset (launched in 1929, apparently) is a sweet sloop (or is that cutter?).

I vote for Cutter - position of mast in the sail plan

 

[Sailbydate]

Here's another Coolboat. The New Zealand 'P Class' designed in 1923. I pestered my parents until I got one of these when I was 13 or so (a few years ago now) and learnt to sail in her. Spindrift Spy she was called. I forget her sail number, but she is probably still sailing around NZ somewhere.

Many young Kiwi sailors invest a couple of seasons racing these great little boats, before stepping up to other classes.

Big rig for a small boat (Length: 7' 7" - Sail Area: 45 sq ft ), which is more than a handful downwind in a blow.

Don't know who the young guy is, sailing this 'P', but maybe he's on an America's Cup boat by now!

 

[Bob Perry]

I like quality antiques. I really like CRESSET.

As for "antique reproductions"? They never work if you know what you are looking at.

I really like SPARK.

 

[Sailbydate]

I like quality antiques. I really like CRESSET.

As for "antique reproductions"? They never work if you know what you are looking at.

I really like SPARK.

When it comes to furniture, I prefer genuine antiques over reproductions. When it comes to classic wooden boats, not so much.

 

[Schnick]

I have to go with the Bull 7000 - which could frankly fit in the ugly thread too! I have always thought this boat had one of the most clever interior arrangements out there and it looks pretty fun to sail too. I have some reservations about the companionway setup but one of these did the Oregon Offshore a couple times so it must be sort of safe-ish.

This boat gets cooler the more you look at the details - the outboard launching apparatus, the way the interior is integrated with the companionways, the cockpit layout, the 'bullhorns', its all pretty tricky stuff.

http://www.nauticalt...m/5879-avis-sur