Perry Sliver Class Day Sailor

[Ishmael]

Good work, gentlemen. Nice bit o' fluff you have there Kim.

 

[viktor]

Gotta love all the grinning and smiles onboard. I bet Kim has a big ol' smile on him just looking at her tied up in her home berth.

 

[kimbottles]

I do tend to stare at her from time to time........

 

[Bob Perry]

I would never have guessed that we could fit 23 people in the cockpit.

 

[kimbottles]

SWMBO LOVES the cockpit. She keeps mentioning it.

 

[Baldur]

Can't wait till the day I can be on the water and watch her sail past. Reality is soooo much better than a pic.

 

[Bob Perry]

Baldy:

Yes, I can say with certainty that the reality of today was worth,,,,,,,lots.

I tried all my facial expressions:

Smug

humble

confused

eager

dominant

arrogant

intellectual

stupid

confused

all powerful

In the end I went with "all powerful". That's my dog's favorite.

 

[hobot]

SWEET!

 

[kimbottles]

Better cockpit photo taken from the roof of the Glacier Bay Commuter Boat.

 

[Sailbydate]

She has a grand looking hull form.

I'd love to see a ketch-rigged version.

 

[SloopJonB]

SWMBO LOVES the cockpit. She keeps mentioning it.

That shot makes the boat look bigger than any other you've posted - it REALLY looks like a 62' in that view.

 

[blackjenner]

Congrats, Kim. She looks amazing. I bet you stare at her from time to time. I would be up all night.

 

[kimbottles]

Boomer's daughter took some lovely pictures of the sea trial sail today, she must have inherited some of her Dad's talent.

 

[rattus32]

Congrats to all involved - you've produced a stunningly beautiful vessel that undoubtedly sails even better than she looks!

 

[py26129]

Yes, congratulations to all. I bet Kim won't sleep tonight but spend the whole night looking at that amazing boat. .....perhaps with a choice single malt.

 

[kimbottles]

She has a grand looking hull form.

I'd love to see a ketch-rigged version.

That would kind of violate the idea of keeping her very simple........but I bet she would be a reaching machine as a ketch....

 

[WunHungLo]

I am waiting for photos too!!

I don't have any photos of her sailing, I was aboard her and enjoying the magnificent job Bob did on her design and the lovely sails supplied by Frank and Axel and the great job Jordan did on her build.

She is one sweet sailing boat.

But lets see what WHL has to say. He really trimmed her up with my son Derek and they had her pointing gangbusters.

Thanks Kim that was a treat !! Slim and easily driven, she glides through tacks, gaining almost two boats lengths straight upwind !! The weather helm was just right and as Bob had found, she accelerates quickly with every puff, and doesn't pitch much at all in short chop from boat wakes. Great design Bob and so well behaved right out of the box. I was amazed at how little wake there is.

 

[Trickypig]

Bring on the breeze for the next sail!!

 

[zedboy]

I think one of the most interesting moments was when we were pacing about a 40' newer C&C and we were hit by a passing ship's wake. The C&C was stopped dead and we just marched along with no effect from the wake at all. Probably just an LOA thing.

"Probably"?

P=mv, and you've got lots of m, but drag is proportional to both Cd (I'm sure C&C didn't get that wrong) and frontal area - and on that compared to P you've built a killer.

"Wave-piercing hull" anyone?

 

[kimbottles]

Yes, congratulations to all. I bet Kim won't sleep tonight but spend the whole night looking at that amazing boat. .....perhaps with a choice single malt.

I had a good night's sleep. But I did spend about 30 minutes sitting in her cockpit after sunset thinking of my Dad, wish he could have been there for that first sail, but I guess he was there. Thanks for everything Frank, you were a great Dad.