Maysail
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Ps. any hints and tips regarding going astern in these fine yachts would be most appreciated!? : ]...
Cutlass 27 owners
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MarcJ
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Thanks for the link to your blog! 
wwill be following with interest.
Going astern, in my short experience; you need to get a bit of "way" on and plenty of room! No easy answer and hopeless in close quarters!
wwill be following with interest. Going astern, in my short experience; you need to get a bit of "way" on and plenty of room! No easy answer and hopeless in close quarters!
NPMR
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Ah! Reversing a Cutlass! That brings back memories!
I never was good at it. One thing for sure was that you could really use prop walk to get into a berth. But backwards? On one occasion we secured the tiller amidships and then reversed - "Karouise" (the boat's name) went backwards in a series of 'S's' (esses) never actually deciding on one way or another. A complete mystery.
Going forward however, you had full control down to really slow speeds. Lovely stable boat
I never was good at it. One thing for sure was that you could really use prop walk to get into a berth. But backwards? On one occasion we secured the tiller amidships and then reversed - "Karouise" (the boat's name) went backwards in a series of 'S's' (esses) never actually deciding on one way or another. A complete mystery.
Going forward however, you had full control down to really slow speeds. Lovely stable boat
Avocet
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"DON'T"!
(We've never got ours to go astern the same way twice under power either)! As has been said, once they're moving, you have "some" control. Don't move the tiller very much or the water flow just stalls and it doesn't work as a rudder. In practical terms, unless you have a lot of space, it's hardly worth even bothering. Despite the narrow beam, "springing off" works quite well - unless there's a beam wind pinning you to the pontoon. Warping is what we resorted to, but we're on a mooring at present, so we don't have to do any of that.
Fantastic blog! I've bookmarked it and will read and comment at my leisure. Any "before" and "after" photos of the interior?
James Marinero
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Is there a Cutlass 27 Owners Association?
MarcJ
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Not that I know of, I did email John@lamlash here, but had no reply. Maybe there's a pic of your boat on the site?
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lamlash/pics.htm
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lamlash/pics.htm
Avocet
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Not that I know of, I did email John@lamlash here, but had no reply. Maybe there's a pic of your boat on the site?
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lamlash/pics.htm
Avocet is the one in the "have you seen these tan sails?" photo!
MarcJ
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Ours is there too "Prime Suspect"
dgwp
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I know this thread has been a bit inactive for a while, but you maybe interested in a Facebook group for the Cutlass 27....
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MarcJ
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Great, I'll take a look! Been looking forward to getting back to the boat for some time! Maybe in July Wales will be open!
Pandern
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Awesome! I'll join that facebook group. I'm new here on this forum, but i have lurched for the last two years since i became a proud owner of a Cutlass 27.