Girl with patreon account goes sailing in hot place
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Ok, getting back on topic to border crossing with prohibited items, and northern sailing destinations. Alluring Arctic is over here these days, headed North (to ski Valdez, AK, I think). Just posted a few days ago.
Those two are refreshingly low-key and competent.
Jud - s/v Sputnik
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Typical Finn. Low-key, drama-free, likes cold weather.
olaf hart
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loneshark64
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A million and one. Maybe we need a thread called “soft core snorkel porn.”
Jim in Halifax
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This one should be in Coolboats to Admire
Pete's boat - That is a masterclass in simple boat design with a lot of very, very good design ideas for living aboard. Lots to love. Perfect for it's mission as a canal cruiser than can also sail offshore.
The companionway door is brilliant. The top loading propane locker with a clear hatch is clever. Much faster to install than build a complex molding with a lip. The daggerboards are well integrated into the interior. The low aspect rig makes good sense as does the galvanized exterior metalwork. Nice light interior. About the only thing I didn't like was the lack of handholds in the interior but they may have been built into furniture.
The companionway door is brilliant. The top loading propane locker with a clear hatch is clever. Much faster to install than build a complex molding with a lip. The daggerboards are well integrated into the interior. The low aspect rig makes good sense as does the galvanized exterior metalwork. Nice light interior. About the only thing I didn't like was the lack of handholds in the interior but they may have been built into furniture.
Jud - s/v Sputnik
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I agree - very versatile and practical-seeming boat - hard to not love the thinking that went into it. Also hard to understand why more boats aren’t designed like that. Literally everything Pete said had me going, “yup, that’s cool…that makes total sense…that’s a great idea, etc”. Why aren’t more sailboats like this made - seems an almost “perfect” cruiser, that strikes a good balance of compromises for a 32 footer. Maybe this will inspire slow change in designers/manufacturers going forward?
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sculpin
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One would think Pete Goss would understand the need for handholds, I expect they were just subtle.
Jud - s/v Sputnik
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Out of curiosity, I googled a bit and found that Pete Goss has a blog showing parts of the building process of Oddity. Two pics show interesting aspects of it.
Huge volume for a 32’ boat.
And the 10mm thick keel shoe he mentions, with a tow eye on it, to allow it to be dragged up a river bank by a tractor in Eastern Europe or whatever (as he says in the vid above, discussing the boat’s versatility; if they’re river cruising and find themselves somewhere too late in the year, like up a river, the idea being that the boat could be hauled out somewhere easily by a tractor). Cool idea.
RobbieP
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I really like Pete's new boat.
Fah Kiew Tu
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My boat has a 40mm thick steel keel shoe that's also part of the ballast. I don't concern myself overmuch about running aground.
And yes, I like Pete's boat a lot. In fact I'll have to take a closer look at a number of things he's done there.
FKT
Kris Cringle
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I love this. It would inspire me to move to Europe for a few years of canal cruising, some coastal sailing, and living aboard.
The design is so commodious and livable, especially if you're used to a more traditional sailboat.
One downside is it might be more of a motorsailer than a sailboat in my estimation.
It would sail fine in many conditions (off the wind and you'd always need plenty of wind) but not be as nimble as a typical sailboat.
Not a problem for canals, it doesn't lack anything compared to a typical canal boat in my opinion and the stowable rig is brilliant. You could sail!
The only other things that stuck out was I would run to someone to sew up sunblock curtains on the ports. I love them (big ports) but it would be a solar oven here in Maine.
And also from my local POV, I would be a little leery of those deep lee board - daggerboards. You'd want to treat the boat like you would a deep thin keel boat; with great care around rocks.
But back to the top, I can't think of a more suitable boat for what the owner has planned.
That is an extraordinarily well thought out boat!
It still has some of the compromises associated with trying to have one boat do all things, but he has done an excellent job of reconciling the sometimes-conflicting requirements of an ocean voyager vs a canal boat.
Kris Cringle
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That's what I was trying to say. You can't have a sailboat and a house in 32', unfortunately, so some things have to go when you try to get both.
Having owned a cat with mostly wood daggerboards - repairs are pretty easy if you do damage or break off one. If you bump a rock you can pull it up on deck, cut out the damage, scarf in a new piece and glass over.
Try doing that with a lead keel
Leeboards are these by the way
Kris Cringle
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Right, daggerboards. I was thinking of those daggerboard trunks he pointed out in the video, in a grounding.Having owned a cat with mostly wood daggerboards - repairs are pretty easy if you do damage or break off one. If you bump a rock you can pull it up on deck, cut out the damage, scarf in a new piece and glass over.
Try doing that with a lead keel
Leeboards are these by the way
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socalrider
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Me too! Fantastic. Humble, simple, strong, purposeful, unpretentious. Great stuff. We need more pleasure boats like that.
Whinging Pom
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I'd still like a chart table. If only as a place to sit whilst on watch, a desk, and a work bench for clean jobs.
