OK Cruisers, what boat do you have?

[py26129]

We are having a great time on our IP31. This pic was taken, this summer at Cedar Island near Kingston, On.

 

[wick]

Niagara 35 on the Great Lakes. This was in the 1000 Islands in August. Will be in Georgian Bay/Lake Huron for the next couple of years.

 

[Jim in Halifax]

C&C Frigate 36, rafted with friends in Rogue's Roost.

 

[Chrick]

J/44, anchored in Maskell's Harbour, Cape Breton, NS

 

[Alaris]

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J/44, anchored in Maskell's Harbour, Cape Breton, NS

Now that’s a fast cruiser!

 

[JC522]

Catalina 445. Anchored off Croker Island. The North Channel. Ontario, Canada

 

[Cruisin Loser]

C&C Frigate 36, rafted with friends in Rogue's Roost.
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Been there, unfortunately on a very busy weekend. Spectacular entrance.

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J/44, anchored in Maskell's Harbour, Cape Breton, NS

Been there, too. Lovely place. I was part of a scheme to prevent development around the harbor.

 

[Chrick]

Been there, too. Lovely place. I was part of a scheme to prevent development around the harbor.

In that case, thank you! What was the scheme, and is it permanent? It's remarkable how little development there is anywhere in the lakes, really - but Maskell's is particularly remarkable given it's proximity to Baddeck.

 

[Pegu Club]

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Nice boat. I sailed on one many moons ago. Has a bigger boat feel about it, comfortable ride.

Thanks, she does well in a variety of conditions, we bought her in 2015, and refit her from the thru hulls and seacocks up, we have been cruising full time on her, this will be our fourth trip to the Bahamas from Connecticut.

 

[Weyalan]

After being boatless for a few years, I just acquired this little beauty.

 

[Bryanjb]

Still bouncing around in the old cruiser.

 

[TheDragon]

PSC34, here in the Bay of Islands, Vanua Balavu, Fiji

 

[bergius]

Amigo 40, a 31ft double-ender. Here pictured in the Swedish archipelago

 

[kdh]

Beautiful, looks like the same flag blue.. love the butterfly hatch in the main salon, we may have John at Hinckley make one up for us this winter. That's a really elegant touch.

Thanks, she's actually Majestic Blue. A bit darker than Flag.

 

[Bull City]

We are having a great time on our IP31. This pic was taken, this summer at Cedar Island near Kingston, On.

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Are those cleats? In Canada? Well I'll be.

 

[accnick]

Beautiful, looks like the same flag blue.. love the butterfly hatch in the main salon, we may have John at Hinckley make one up for us this winter. That's a really elegant touch.

With luck, John Pratt will talk you out of it.

 

[kdh]

Beautiful, looks like the same flag blue.. love the butterfly hatch in the main salon, we may have John at Hinckley make one up for us this winter. That's a really elegant touch.

I just looked it up; in 2006 when I built it was a $7,380 option. Has never leaked. I get a lot of "Beautiful, does it leak?"

 

[accnick]

I just looked it up; in 2006 when I built it was a $7,380 option. Has never leaked. I get a lot of "Beautiful, does it leak?"

It leaks money when you have to varnish it.

I had a skylight hatch on my old yawl, built in 1923 by Lawley. The skylight could be lifted off the coaming and rotated 90 degrees to face either fore-and-aft or athwartships.

And it leaked, partly because it was freestanding on the deck on its own coaming rather than mounted on top of a deckhouse.

Very pretty, and it provided headroom over the head compartment.

But it leaked.

I would expect the Hinckley version not to leak. Except money, of course.

 

[kdh]

It leaks money when you have to varnish it.

I had a skylight hatch on my old yawl, built in 1923 by Lawley. The skylight could be lifted off the coaming and rotated 90 degrees to face either fore-and-aft or athwartships.

And it leaked, partly because it was freestanding on the deck on its own coaming rather than mounted on top of a deckhouse.

Very pretty, and it provided headroom over the head compartment.

But it leaked.

I would expect the Hinckley version not to leak. Except money, of course.

I've seen those rotating hatches. Great idea if executed well.

My butterfly hatch is one of the few bright bits that I meticulously cover to protect the varnish. A pure form-follows-function approach as is generally true of the boat would have me without it, but I couldn't resist.

 

[py26129]

Are those cleats? In Canada? Well I'll be.

Well, you know, Bull, the 1000 Islands straddles the border with our friends to the south. Gotta keep the level of confusion to a minimum.