Kris Cringle
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Sonny tonight
Coolboats to admire
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Captain Hastings is amazed, yet again.
Be still, my heart.
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Even 'Overloaded,' Haitian Sloops Are Better Than We Think They Are
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Another Concordia (zzzzz..), and an Albury skiff.
If draught is an issue there is always a Keel Servant.
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Sad to see cro
sad to see Crocodile up at Rockport. Used to be at Crockers in Manchester when Edgar Crocker had her. I always thought it was funny they didn’t have a Crocker design! When I was a kid there were at least seven or eight Concordias stored in the sheds of Manchester marine and Crockers. Crocodile was always my favorite.
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Funny, I was on that Crocodile at a Woodenboat show in Newport, about 30 years ago. Invited onboard by Edgar (I believe). At that time, he said the boat was his mother's.
Anyway, he gave a glowing tour of the boat.
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Wooden boats that don't look like it:
WIND ROSE is a 2007 cold-molded Bruce King design.
THE HAWK is a 1968 plank-on-frame build, designed by Bill Tripp Jr.
WIND ROSE is a 2007 cold-molded Bruce King design.
THE HAWK is a 1968 plank-on-frame build, designed by Bill Tripp Jr.
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ROSE is a 1977-79 New York 40. Doug Petersen design, she's been a locally owned boat as long as I can remember.
Boats change hands. A friend is helping sort systems out for the new owner. She's headed across the pond to Poland.
Boats change hands. A friend is helping sort systems out for the new owner. She's headed across the pond to Poland.
The Hawk is an IOR one-tonner that was campaigned by a group of very good sailors from Long Island Sound, including Don Robinson and several others. The had a catchy name for themselves that I can't remember just now.
She was a very successful racing boat in her day.
I don’t think the Hawk is plank on frame. Iirc she is cold molded. I remember climbing around her back when Steve White had purchased her as a spec boat for when times got slow at BBY. At the time she was just a shell, and I think the hull skin was laminated. Just like crocodile, surprising to see her at Rockport! Although it’s possible she may have been sold as the owners’ new rocket is being finished up in Brooklin. Sweet little boat.
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Speaking of cockpits, SONNY has pretty commodious accommodations below that would make her a nice part-time cruiser (although ancient, she was designed to race).
The decks are sweeping and beautiful. This unorthodox companionway descends to an elegant, comfortable and usable space. All great.
But the cockpit, plenty big, feels as exposed as the bow. Outside of a clunky dodger I see no way to make this cockpit comfortable for coastal cruising.
Same issue as on some of Olin's early Swans: no way to install a rational dodger, and you have to climb up on deck to get below. Maybe a decent racing arrangement, but sucks for cruising.
