Anderson 22 Updated?

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Seeing as many people seem pro Anderson 22 on here now, is this an updated Anderson 22? I am trusting Seajet will know.

I much prefer the look of the windows on this boat if it is. The normal windows give it a "sad eyed" look to me!

http://www.boot24.com/segelboot/kaj...193070/anderson-22-mit-motor-guide-motor.html

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Yes, that's an Anderson 22.

I hope they lifted the rudder before driving off !

Lakesailor you are always welcome ( before she comes out of the water mid-October ) to come and sail a proper boat for a change !

That one in the pics is obviously a kit built one ( as mine is ) and not familiar to me, not a member of the owners' association so one can only wonder as to the sail /build number and if the owner is aware of the rather important forestay tang issue.

I agree about the look of the windows but don't think the 1980's smoked perspex slapped on top is the way to go.

Houdini forehatches have a bad reputation for leaking, but a chum who bought a 'direct replacement' hatch from a well kown large chandlery in Emsworth found it was

A, wrong in every dimension

B, all bolt spacings were different

Apart from that it was a direct replacement ! :)

Andy
 
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Great picture via the provided link. Reminds me to pin up my RNLI nautical flag tea towel in my boat.
 
Lodesman77 said:
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I dont like tinted glass in a boat in the UK its often gloomy enough without any help.

My old Anderson had toughened glass windows in strong alloy frames, I would have been very reluctant to change them for plastic ones just for aesthetic reasons.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I allways glanced back admiringly at my A 22 as I rowed away from the mooring in the tender at the end of the day.

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The Lazy Kipper said:
Nice boat but do they all need such deep reefs in a F3? I understood they could shrug off a F10.
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I know this thread is pure bear baiting but its a shame a good boat gets dragged down in the process.If you look at the pic you will see the wind is off the land there. Was very glad off the reef later.

I could say something about a Colvic watson needing a force 10 to get moving but I wont, horses for courses and all that.Enjoy.
 
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Well as an A22 owner I think she looks great , like a modern A22 could - apart from as Graham says the smoked glass .

Someone has spent a lot of money getting her to that condition . Wish I had lazy jacks , stack pack , roller furling , flash looking doors, new trailer , new cockpit seats , new sole, extra cleats , flash paint job etc etc and that is just what we see on the exterior. However mine I bet goes just as well save she is weighed down by all the cash I have not spent.....
 
Someone was obviously frightened by an outboard well as a boy; just because he has intimate knowledge of some as yet unspecified boat where the well didn't work, apparently it's much better to

place weight right on the end

place the prop where it may pitch out of the water

place the prop behind the rudder

have anyone working on the engine dangle over the end

drop tools straight to Davy Jones rather than the cockpit sole

face aft when adjusting throttle or gears in marinas

ditto fuel, etc

The outboard track on this one could be there for several reasons;it could be she had an inboard which is now u/s, I know a boat like that,or the transom mount might be a spare if the boat lives up a fast river - in general use an abomination, then I once saw an A22 with transom davits !!!

There are lots of modified Anderson 22's, I remember a red one with windows like that in the late 1970's called 'Inferno'.

Personally I was aiming for something vaguely similar to that window line but clear with alloy frames for the new-build A22's; I also wanted electric propulsion and had long talks with Torqueedo but that's not really viable yet.

As to the rest, ask PBO and Sailing Today; David Harding and Duncan Kent seemed keen.

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just found the other pics; that's Anderson tartan on the cushions I'll have you know.

Let's just say I'm not crazy about the companionway doors or the interior...the cockpit seats are poor non-standard too, and there's no pushpit.
 
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An alternative view to A22 perfection.

Having the ob stern mounted on a lifting slide has the distinct advantage of ease of storage and drag reduction by either lift or tilt or a combination of the two.

I will only rarely lift ours out of the well. Because of the weight,difficulty of storage,the need for immediate power use and trying to replace it in a rough sea is not an easy proposition.

I know that I am losing at least half a knot when it is in the well.

A well set up stern mount can minimise prop cavitation in a short steep chop.

Most modern and successful lift keel designs have a centre stern mount.

Usually combined with twin rudders.

Oh and having no well means you don't have to permanently wear wellies in the cockpit on order to keep feet dry.
 
TSB240 said:
Having the ob stern mounted on a lifting slide has the distinct advantage of ease of storage and drag reduction by either lift or tilt or a combination of the two.

I will only rarely lift ours out of the well. Because of the weight,difficulty of storage,the need for immediate power use and trying to replace it in a rough sea is not an easy proposition.

I know that I am losing at least half a knot when it is in the well.

A well set up stern mount can minimise prop cavitation in a short steep chop.

Most modern and successful lift keel designs have a centre stern mount.

Usually combined with twin rudders.

Oh and having no well means you don't have to permanently wear wellies in the cockpit on order to keep feet dry.
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The idea with an Anderson is as soon as one is in clear water with any wind the engine is removed from the well and stowed, and a fairing plug is put in the well.

Zero engine drag and engine weight in the right place.

Along with all the obvious snags with a transom mounted engine I listed previously, another significant one is that it's very vulnerable to shore lines when in a raft; the work of a moment to rip off the throttle and choke controls etc, I've seen and been victim of this sort of thing when an army boat lassoed my Decca aerial, engine controls would be easy meat !

No need for wellies in the cockpit with the plug in, and only if carrying a lot of crew when the engine is in - may get 1/2" at the aft end of the cockpit.

It says a lot that the Anderson is basically a development of the Hunter 701, which carried the engine on the transom or did without one altogether.

The well on the A22 works supremely ( see how I avoided saying very well ! ) and I would never change it; for the new build boats I had a scheme to make handling heavier 4 strokes easier, but it's not a drama as is once one gets the knack.

I have discovered I can get the engine in the well and running very quickly indeed when I have to !
 
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