Have you ever sailed one down wind in a breeze. The Holman roll from the other designs is bad enough, but on the Bowman it is awful. John Wiltshire financed the original moulds & had Muscadet of Harty. I sailed in this & even he admitted that it was a pig down wind.
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I raced a Hustler 32 for several years, that was great boat
Correct me if wrong but I am pretty sure the Hustler 32 was a Stephen Jones design (and a great boat). Holman & Pye had a 25.5 (later Oyster 26), a 30 and a 35 afaik.
Back in ‘72 or ‘73 when we had only just stated cruising we anchored nearby Muscadet of Harty at Orford, probably under sail. The owner met us in a shop the next morning and complimented us on our anchoring, which was very chuffing at the time. We had a 22’ Cirrus at the time and looked with awe at his beautiful yawl.
Ha ha, you're quite right, they roll.but then, I’m an XOD sailor. You really haven’t rolled til you’ve tried that. Spinnaker poles often get broken when the corner of the kite goes in the drink. And it seems to be fast like that. Ok, not with a broken pole, but rolling like a sick pig.
Tack down wind in my puma 26?
You might not find it necessary from a rolling perspective, but it’s usually quicker if you use a cruising chute. Rolling uncomfortably doesn't happen with every boat, but some are renowned for it. The XOD is the worst I have come across, probably because nobody wants to ease the kite and back off, it's a race. You’ll be out for a jolly in the sunshine, not trying to win a bit of tin in Cowes.
My late parents fitted out a Northerny 34 in the late 1960's named Tarantara. I have been told she is still on Scotland west coast from another owner I spoke to in Ardfern. Much better row away view than a Twister in my opinion.
No,basically any boat we can afford that will after a while get to windward,actually most of the ría sailing is reaching in flat water in the summer but to go north it normally means a beat to get to the next ría in lumpy seasSo you're looking at a boat designed around upwind sailing?
