Wansworth
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Fisher 30 built by Fairways marine,ketch rigged
Almost my perfect boat
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johnalison
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Perfectly good if that’s what you want. A friend had one for several years before moving up to a 37.
KevinV
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Unless your living room is really really big, how are you going to fit it next to the famous sofa?
LittleSister
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Bouba
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They look like Nauticats...very popular here
Concerto
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Perfect for Scottish sailing. When are you moving there?
Wansworth
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The rias can be wet and windy?
Wansworth
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My father had one he bought a hull and deck with engine etc installed,it wasa freeward the first ones back in 1971…….down sideways it rolled on a wet blanket?
E39mad
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A sloop rigged 25 would be my choice or a sloop rigged 34 with the MK111 interior
Neeves
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repeated post.
Neeves
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I believe they were, also, built here in Oz, (at Mona Vale, a suburb of Sydney at the southern end of Pittwater) - but I don't know what size. I have seen a few of them, which might support the notion they were built here.
I suspect they were not renowned for their acceleration but for living on board and a sedate lifestyle (where you spend most of your time at anchor) I always thought them 'attractive'.
Don't quite understand, don't understand at all, why you would want a small yacht ketch rigged - the sailed are hardly big, reefing of small sails is really not difficult. Now if you said you wanted a bigger rig I could understand....
Jonathan
I suspect they were not renowned for their acceleration but for living on board and a sedate lifestyle (where you spend most of your time at anchor) I always thought them 'attractive'.
Don't quite understand, don't understand at all, why you would want a small yacht ketch rigged - the sailed are hardly big, reefing of small sails is really not difficult. Now if you said you wanted a bigger rig I could understand....
Jonathan
Wansworth
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The rias are not that big so a gentle wander to say Vigo and tie up and have a coffe in the bar,back on board for dinner ,read a book and something different than sloops?
Neeves
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The idea of living above water level, and looking out of 'windows' to the anchorage has great appeal - unless you are cheek by jowl in a marina
Now I suppose, in the absence of a Fisher it would be a Hanse Moody DS.......
Jonathan
Bouba
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People just don’t understand old man boating
Fr J Hackett
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E39mad
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I believe that is the Fisher 32 - not a model that was built in the UK.
fredrussell
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What happened to forum member Laminar Flow? He’s a great advocate of these sort of boats.
boomerangben
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I remember looking enviously at such a boat as we beat up the Kyles of Bute in a Wayfarer, them cozy, warm and dry, us experiencing the raw elemental Scottish weather. But frustration at their sailing ability would have me looking enviously from the cockpit of a Fisher at most boats as they sail past
E39mad
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Maybe in light airs but with 12 knots or more over the deck they are surprisingly capable.
Fr J Hackett
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Providing you didn't want to sail to close to the wind, 89° should be about right ?
