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Subject: [world-cruising] Cruising boat search
From: Brian and Elaine Timmins (timmins@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 21:21:37 EST
Jason,
The two boats you mention (and quite a few others) are readily available
in cutter form. Yes the main is slightly larger in a cutter compared to a
ketch, but only marginally. The main is easy to control using a winch to
raise it, reef it, adjust the draft and using multipart tackle on the sheet.
Lazy Jacks will keep it contained when lowering. The split foretriangle
makes jib handling easy.
I know what I'm talking about here. My wife and I just moved up from an
Alberg 30 to a Landfall 39 Cutter (Ron Amy design, same as Vagabond 39 not
the C&C models). I actually converted the staysail back to club footed to
make sail handling even easier. I routinely sail with the small yankee fore
jib which really is easy to control (and Roller Furl) and certainly helps
going to windward. Yes a genoa will be nice in really light air but umder
normal conditions the Yankee is all we need.
There are also safety considerations with Double Enders or Canoe sterned
boats. They are better in a following sea than almost any other comparably
sized hull form. You do loose some storage space, but you shouldn't be
loading up the ends of the boat anyway!
Consider again the Full Keel, Double Ended, Cutter designs that are
available. They are generally great cruisers.
(Just my opinion)
Regards,
Brian S/V Calico Jack Landfall 39 #66
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:02:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jason Billings <jason92138@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: Cruising boat search
> We're choosing everything with her in mind since she
> is the smaller and generally physically weaker of the
> 2 of us. That's one reason we are looking for a ketch.
> We want to break down the size of things so that we
> have every confidence that come just about everything,
> we will be able to continue on.
>
> In looking through some literature, I saw that Hans
> Christian made a ketch in the 38 foot length. While it
> doesn't have the space that the 40+ footers have, it
> seems to be a doable length and we don't want to go
> below 35 or 36 feet on deck. Trouble is, we haven't
> seen any of them available anyplace. They must have
> made precious few of them and they don't come up very
> often. The same can be said for Tayana 37s. Although
> they are both double enders and give away quite a bit
> of storage space, this type of hull does interest us.
>
> So, given that, does anyone have any suggestions as to
> what might work for us?
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