Another new boat.

doug748 said:
Pete Goss has been boat building again:



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Yes, I watched that last night. I had been following the process in his updates in YM, but very nice to see him proudly presenting his baby. Very interesting boat, and I enjoyed all of the thought that had gone into it, with so many ideas and features to make it suitable for the sailing they have in mind.
 
Lovely to be able to design a boat exactly to their needs. Quite a few ideas borrowed from their Garcia I think!
 
Really interesting mix of old established ideas with new, all based around how he wants to use it. If I was in the market for a new build boat his approach offers an interesting route between the traditional designs and modern build ideas. And putting function ahead of fashion.

I wonder how much it cost to design and build as a one off.
 
Supertramp said:
Really interesting mix of old established ideas with new, all based around how he wants to use it. If I was in the market for a new build boat his approach offers an interesting route between the traditional designs and modern build ideas. And putting function ahead of fashion.

I wonder how much it cost to design and build as a one off.
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Is it steelconstruction.?
 
Being nearer to the end of my sailing career than the start, I find the idea of shallow draught and the ability to take the ground very attractive. Being able to take the mast down onboard, is also a great feature. I like the boat, it's an old gents special.

I have bored folk with this before, but this is the new boat I would seriously look at if I thought my knees would last a bit longer. Has a bit in common with the Goss boat:

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North Cape.

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capnsensible said:
Brace yourself for the seat warmers to say its ugly, sails are all wrong, it's not fit to sail across the Channel and its got a dodgy anchor.
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It's ugly, the sails are all wrong and I would not sail it to Drakes Island and back.

What's wrong with a Boreal, apart from the new twin wheels.

Note: I did sail a twin wheeled boat in December 2022. Not to my liking as I had to keep movin from port to starboard to see what was happening. While I admit we were slightly 'over canvased' at one point I was getting altitude sickness sitting in the cockpit.
 
Sandy said:
It's ugly, the sails are all wrong and I would not sail it to Drakes Island and back.

What's wrong with a Boreal, apart from the new twin wheels.

Note: I did sail a twin wheeled boat in December 2022. Not to my liking as I had to keep movin from port to starboard to see what was happening. While I admit we were slightly 'over canvased' at one point I was getting altitude sickness sitting in the cockpit.
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Gawd knows how many tens of thousands of miles I've sailed twin wheel yachts (various). Good job I'm not scared of heights... :)
 
Sandy said:
It's ugly, the sails are all wrong and I would not sail it to Drakes Island and back.

What's wrong with a Boreal, apart from the new twin wheels.

Note: I did sail a twin wheeled boat in December 2022. Not to my liking as I had to keep movin from port to starboard to see what was happening. While I admit we were slightly 'over canvased' at one point I was getting altitude sickness sitting in the cockpit.
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With these modern designs that carry their Max beam all the way aft, there is something to be said for twin wheels, though TBH, on a smallish boat I way prefer a tiller with extension.
 
Frogmogman said:
With these modern designs that carry their Max beam all the way aft, there is something to be said for twin wheels
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I was doing a skippered charter on such a boat. One of the charterers was acting skipper/navigator (seatime for German YM qualification) and we were in a tricky unmarked channel. Lots of surface water straight ahead between islands, but with less than the boat's two metre draft. Comming up to the first turn the person on the wheel (a dinghy sailing instructor) obviously felt they knew better than the navigator. A heated discussion in Swiss German ensued that I could not follow. After a while I had heard enough so said firmly "Starboard, NOW" and spun the second wheel.
 
doug748 said:
Being nearer to the end of my sailing career than the start, I find the idea of shallow draught and the ability to take the ground very attractive. Being able to take the mast down onboard, is also a great feature. I like the boat, it's an old gents special.

I have bored folk with this before, but this is the new boat I would seriously look at if I thought my knees would last a bit longer. Has a bit in common with the Goss boat:

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North Cape.

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I like the 28 even more than the 31!

and I lurv the 55cm draft

and that interior would work just fine at sea or rainy days below , sunny cockpit space too 👍

So many uncrowded shallow areas to visit
? Far from the madding crowd?
 
doug748 said:
Being nearer to the end of my sailing career than the start, I find the idea of shallow draught and the ability to take the ground very attractive. Being able to take the mast down onboard, is also a great feature. I like the boat, it's an old gents special.

I have bored folk with this before, but this is the new boat I would seriously look at if I thought my knees would last a bit longer. Has a bit in common with the Goss boat:

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North Cape.

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Yes, I remember admiring one in a wet windy anchorage to the west of Skye. I think it was probably the 40ft model. The shallow draft would be an added attraction, I miss my catamarans' ability to sail in to a beach then drop the anchor and sails as the bow touches.
 
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