CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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The Watson 31.5 is a very nice classic chunky yacht.
Classic GRP Yachts; this is mine, where is yours?
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Laminar Flow
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Chunky, yes. Harbour masters like to raft up boats of a similar size; we always end up looking like Grandma Kettle at the anorexics' convention.
spottydog
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S&S 34 stretched to 38' by it's bowsprit. Prior to winter TLC.
steve350
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Tumblehome perhaps. I think I saw some pics of her on a brokerage site. A purposeful looking vessel
spottydog
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Yes Tumblehome, a boat built for the east coast.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Beautiful yacht; the magic of Sparkman & Stephens designs.
Motor_Sailor
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Until someone stuck a bowsprit on it. Why would you do that?
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Perhaps to move the CofG forward and to reduce weather helm? or to impose terror in marinas.; however, it looks very nice.
Motor_Sailor
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Eye of the beholder!
And if it's the same S&S 34 hull as all the production boats, then no one else seems to have had a problem with weather helm. Can't remember Ted Heath saying Morning Cloud needed a tree trunk cobbled on the bow to sail well.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Just spotted the additional furler on the bowsprit for extra sailing area
spottydog
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I understand that Mr. Heath had a full complement of crew to handle the large Genoa. So far I have appreciated the ease of handling 2 smaller foresails and in a blow I have a the option of just the inner foresail and reefed main. The main is a powerful full length battened sail.
But I bow to the superior knowledge of such rigs to Mr. Motor Sailor.
But I bow to the superior knowledge of such rigs to Mr. Motor Sailor.
Motor_Sailor
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That's the benefits of a cutter or slutter rig - it doesn't explain why the huge bow sprit was necessary or what effects it has on the sailing characteristics.
NOHOH
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Nobody has yet mentioned the Victory 40......When she came on the scene in 1970 she was described as the ultimate cruising boat" . Mine is 46 years, with the original engine and still going strong.
Built Like a Monument to Posterity
Built Like a Monument to Posterity
Poignard
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I notice you don't have any battens in the lower part of the mainsail, then what looks like two full-length ones close together about 2/3 of th way up and a single batten near the peak.
Can you please tell me what is the reason for that unconventional arrangement and how it works in practice?
NOHOH
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The man who made the sails was Andrew Hooper......ask him if you can.. We have had no problems with their performance. They have been in service around 18 years.....made from `Marblehead` fabric and barely showing any sign of degradation even though they have been in the Med now for 9 years.
Poignard
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Thanks. They certainly have given good service.
ashtead
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Would a Warrior 35 count as they a classic as always struck me as a well set up boat for the era? Any Warrior owners out there who know more of how they have survived since the 80s.
lw395
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I like the novel use of spinnaker poles to protect the brightwork from the warps.
Looking at where the lower spreader appears to be, the whole rig has been changed a lot.
Jon would say 'don't mock it until we've overtaken it'.
spottydog
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? It is pleasingly quick.
spottydog
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The designer and builder was Tim Whelpton, he built Crossbow ll, ( the holder of the sailing speed record for a while until those pesky windsurfers came on the scene ?). Crossbow ll is stored directly above the the S&S in the rafters at the moment.
Tim Whelpton knew a thing or two about how to make a boat sail well.
Tim Whelpton knew a thing or two about how to make a boat sail well.