Coolboats to admire

[Priscilla]

 

[Priscilla]

i died just looking at the picture!

Davy Jones incorporated a full length centreboard case in the saloon of Widowmaker which worked successfully to allay the suspicions of those who boarded her and observed the double barrel companionway.

 

[Steam Flyer]

Davy Jones incorporated a full length centreboard case in the saloon of Widowmaker which worked successfully to allay the suspicions of those who boarded her and observed the double barrel companionway.

That's good, keeps people from noticing that the other side of the boat is sinking.......

 

[Jud - s/v Sputnik]

Saw one of these a few weeks ago, and was impressed by the simple, practical design. They easily and quickly fold up to a small, lightweight package. This particular model is the Beach LT.

 

[MauiPunter]

Anyone wanna go for a sail on my 80' daysailor? I'll bring lunch.

 

[Diarmuid]

That's good, keeps people from noticing that the other side of the boat is sinking.......

Also, if a couple is not on speaking terms, they don't have to pass in the companionway or look at each other across the salon. Not as good for sulking as a multihull, tho.

 

[Black Sox]

Anyone wanna go for a sail on my 80' daysailor? I'll bring lunch.
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Lunch? No way, you might get crumbs on the deck.

 

[slap]

Anyone wanna go for a sail on my 80' daysailor? I'll bring lunch.
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That boat just doesn't look like that much fun. The helm has to stand the entire time. You could put it on autopilot but the only seating area has poor visibility for keeping watch. And a "fully crewed vessel" is something that just doesn't interest me.

 

[chester]

Also, if a couple is not on speaking terms, they don't have to pass in the companionway or look at each other across the salon. Not as good for sulking as a multihull, tho.

but it denies the third stage of marital sex:
everywhere
1) everywhere sex, where you have sex anywhere and everywhere
2) bedroom sex, when you have sex only in a bedroom and
3) companionway sex, where you pass each other in the companionway and scream "fuck you"!!

 

[Bull City]

Anyone wanna go for a sail on my 80' daysailor? I'll bring lunch.
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Thanks, but I have to wash my hair.

 

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Agenta.

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Had the honour of racing "against" her in a few Med regattas. "Against" being a lose term, the from the state of every race, the fleet simply witnessed her transom disappearing into the distance. Looked better with a varnished cabin.

 

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Shifting ballast was not legal here in Aotearoa so “fair play men” were exchanged on competing yachts as observers.

... however kiwi Jim Young designed and built (to the best of my knowledge) the world's first canting keeler in the 1950s - https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Fiery-Cross-NZs-first-Canting-Keel-Boat/-72940?source=google

 

[Steam Flyer]

... however kiwi Jim Young designed and built (to the best of my knowledge) the world's first canting keeler in the 1950s - https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Fiery-Cross-NZs-first-Canting-Keel-Boat/-72940?source=google
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LF Herreshoff did a similar keel on a 6-Meter back in the late 1920s or early '30s. His design had the keel pivot on a pair of torpedo-shaped trunnions just below the keelson, and a spar from the center of the keel fin up to just beow deck, where it was trimmed port or starboard with tackles.

 

[Priscilla]

Jim was instructed to not use the canting keel on Fiery Cross whilst racing..

'Fiery Cross' - NZ's first Canting Keel Boat

Jim Young built 'Fiery Cross' in the late 1950's after being inspired by a design from L. Francis Herreshoff in his famous book 'Common Sense of Yacht design. In this extract from his yet to be released autobiography Jim re-lives some of his experiences with 'Fiery Cross' and provides an...

www.sail-world.com

 

[Priscilla]

Anyone wanna go for a sail on my 80' daysailor? I'll bring lunch.
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Again nowhere to put a cup of tea or the sandwiches.
A more modest example of yacht but it too has storage issues.

 

[Sailbydate]

Again nowhere to put a cup of tea or the sandwiches.
A more modest example of yacht but it too has storage issues.
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Townson 40', Caper. A lovely sloop with mahogany interior. She could do with a hull and decks makeover. 'Magnolia' doesn't do her justice.

 

[Matagi]

Metayachts JPB 50.
4x4 for sailors.

 

[Priscilla]

Ralph Sewell built 5th scaled Cooks Endeavour.

 

[Priscilla]

Another by Ralph Sewell.

 

[Kris Cringle]

Promising,...