Blue water yachts with AFT cabins.

Why Aft?

If Blue Water = RTW then most of time you will be at anchor and if only two of you then better off with forehead berth with hatch to catch the wind (and use main cabin bunk for at sea berth for off watch person)
 
jonjo said:
Is there a typo here or is everyone ignoring the question?

The requirement is impossible to achieve under 50ft without horrible results because the cockpit would be perched too high over the cabin.
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I am very interested in anything larger than 38 foot (11.5 metres) up to 50 foot (15 metres). Enclosed wheelhouse would be nice?

Not sure if he has any clear idea what he is looking for, as everything seems to be revolving around the bonkatorium in the stern. Not a good reason for choosing a yacht!!!! eh - well perhaps it is....
 
Vanilla said:
Lenseman.....the bed isn't usually the prime consideration in boat buying!! Sounds like sailing isn't the only activity you'll be engaging in on the new boat
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Good luck finding a comfy one which ALSO sails well
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Everytime I mention I want a bigger boat ... wife says "Must have a BIG bed" ......

As regards what boat ... regardless of what OP wants - I'd be happy with a Macwester Seaforth ( ok only 36ft and old !!) for passage making and know it's strong seaboat. Or if I could scrabble together a bit more dosh - a HR42 .... which actually would tick most boxes of OP I reckon once viewed, well my Wife thought so anyway !
 
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Chris_Robb said:
The poster also requires this:
I am very interested in anything larger than 38 foot (11.5 metres) up to 50 foot (15 metres). Enclosed wheelhouse would be nice?

Not sure if he has any clear idea what he is looking for, as everything seems to be revolving around the bonkatorium in the stern. Not a good reason for choosing a yacht!!!! eh - well perhaps it is....
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Thanks for that Chris - a load of people on here seem to have a Freudian idea when they think about Aft Cabins, seems to revolve around the idea that I am more interested in Carnal and not Cardinal Knowledge. :rolleyes:

I think I blame Vanilla for starting you all off on the wrong track or should that be tack!! :p :D

I have slept in a forepeak berth and fallen through the triangle. Most uncomfortable. I have also slept in an aft berth but you have to climb over your partner or she climbs over you when the bed is at the side or there are two aft cabins with double berths. That is why I thought I would ask about centre island bed in an aft cabin.

Now I also mentioned enclosed wheelhouse. I was thinking along the lines of an IP (Island Packet) as this seems to be a very nice layout.

Thanks for all those who suggested yachts which cost over ¾-million pounds second hand. They are nice but . . . . ! :mad:

I liked the idea of forepeak berth with hatch open on hot nights, good suggestion as all my off-shore cruising has been in UK home waters. I am sure an aft berth would have similar hatchways.

Finally, I don't think I suggested a wheelhouse on top of an aft cabin, without returning to my original request, I thought I mentioned a ketch which would put the wheelhouse forward of the mizzen?

Any folks, thanks again and I will be getting something along these lines hopefully. ;)

PS: "bonkatorium" eh?? I must look into the Roman Galleys of old and study the layout . . . . WHOOPS, I had better be careful with the word Layout. It seems to drive this forum into a frenzy! :D
 
Reply to Lenseman

I have slept in a forepeak berth and fallen through the triangle. Most uncomfortable. I have also slept in an aft berth but you have to climb over your partner or she climbs over you when the bed is at the side or there are two aft cabins with double berths. That is why I thought I would ask about centre island bed in an aft cabin.

Sorry David - my fingers got carried away,

I know exactly now where you are coming from (excuse the pun). We have an Oceanlord, and just getting out of the stern offset double means climbing over the memsahib and is sooo annoying and looses points (you may call them pink tickets)

However, looking at the reason why Westerly did this layout, it was that the positively massive rudder construction runs to the deck head with a massive stainless rudder stock which is where the central bed would have been.

Looking at the later model, and others like moodies, the central bed meant that the rudder stock had to finish at bottom of bed height, which is not such a good engineering solution with a big spade rudder. (moodies had a small skeg). I would not be happy with a spade rudder so constructed in the middle of the Atlantic. I have no idea what Legend do - but in the picture posted I could see no where for the rudder stock to go up to the deck head.

A modest boat with covered cockpit but with a large offset bunk is the old Victory 40/Trintella IVa which at 40ft you can find reaaly good ones at £65-70K Big engine, and fast when windy
 
When I first looked at this one I thought the main constraint was (and still is) aft cockpit and spacious aft cabin in a sensible length and price. If a centre cockpit is OK then there are a couple of modern boats that come into play with a less than 6 figure budget. The two sizes of late 90s Bavaria, the Ocean 38 and 40 have superb aft cabins and, because they only have one head the rest of the boat is spacious as well. Usually one or two on the market at £80-100k.
 
lenseman said:
Can anyone point me in the direction of any yachts (or ketches) which specifically have a centre-island double berth in an aft cabin arrangement preferably with stern portholes which would deliberately preclude a sugar spoon swim platform. Enclosed centre cockpit would also be nice.

I am very interested in anything larger than 38 foot (11.5 metres) up to 50 foot (15 metres). Enclosed wheelhouse would be nice?

Lifting, bilge fin or any type of keel. :)
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So why are the bedroom arrangements of more importance than the keel configuration / sailing ability ?
No, on second thoughts, don't want the answer to that .....
 
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