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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] name that boat
From: Bryan Genez (capella@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2003 - 21:58:06 EDT
Baumgart, James wrote:
> Sailing this weekend in Dana Point, CA. I saw the epitome of a blue water
> cruising boat, but what was it? This is what I observed. Can you identify
> the boat make?
>
> About 34 - 36 feet length
> Double Ended
> very heavy duty tiller steering with transom hung rudder - Aries or the like
> self steering
> cutter rig - the kind with self tacking staysail (with a boom going forward
> from the mast)
> 3 chainplates on the outside of the hull
>
> This one had a dark red/brown hull. Very salty looking. Like a Pacific
> Seacraft 34 but a cutter and with a transom rudder. Like Island Packet but
> double ender. The boat was either new or in excellent condition.
First boats that come to mind are the Westsail 32 and the Alajuela 33 or 38,
though I don't think either had a staysail boom. Of course, one could have
been added.
There are a lot of low-production boats built in Asia in the 70s and 80s
that might fit as well.
-- Best,Bryan (KB3HMZ) "Capella" Valiant 40 #158 Annapolis, MD
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