Identify this boat....

[Mark-1]

Hopefully YBW can work its magic.

 

[newtothis]

Laundromat 20?

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Bavaria 707 ... but the stern is wrong - a Maxi 84 is closer.

 

[Bajansailor]

I think she is a Maxi 77
MAXI 77 - sailboatdata

Or maybe her smaller sister, the Maxi 68?
MAXI 68 - sailboatdata

 

[Frogmogman]

I think she is a Maxi 77
MAXI 77 - sailboatdata

Or maybe her smaller sister, the Maxi 68?
MAXI 68 - sailboatdata

My thoughts exactly…..except I think she’s a maxi 84

Maxi 84 boats for sale - boats.com

 

[Baggywrinkle]

The OP boat doesn't have an anchor locker ..... it's a Maxi 68

Maxi 68, 7.000 € | iNautia.de

 

[Mark-1]

Great work all, that's conclusive and Baggywrinkle pinned it down. I've sailed on a Maxi 84 twice, you'd think I'd have noticed the family resemblance.

Much appreciated.

 

[Neeves]

The OP boat doesn't have an anchor locker ..... it's a Maxi 68


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No anchor locker - I've lost interest -

Jonathan

 

[Tranona]

No anchor locker - I've lost interest -

Jonathan

Not a big deal when the boat is in its natural habitat where anchoring is tying the bow to a tree or a rock and throwing a kedge off the stern, probably using a tape on a reel type warp.

 

[Neeves]

Not a big deal when the boat is in its natural habitat where anchoring is tying the bow to a tree or a rock and throwing a kedge off the stern, probably using a tape on a reel type warp.

I was idle and being flippant but as I sent the response I realised we had had a J24, also without an anchor locker (and now that I think further - it had no lockers at all! - but maybe my memory is jaded) This was before aluminium (anchors) and we had a, genuine, CQR. It was far too big - set me on the road to small, light anchors. This was in HK, where they don't have trees, hence the big unthrowable anchor.

Jonathan

 

[Tranona]

Did you notice the lack of bow roller and the lack of space to pass an anchor through the pulpit, never mind anywhere serious to attach the chain (wot chain?)

 

[jbweston]

Did you notice the lack of bow roller and the lack of space to pass an anchor through the pulpit, never mind anywhere serious to attach the chain (wot chain?)

I'm always amazed to see yachts and motor boats in their native Nordic environment with a combination of (a) a whacking big stern anchor in a permanent launch fitting with an electric windless and chain rode and (b) no bow roller or any sign of a way to deploy even a lunch hook on a rope cable from the bow. That's considered (and probably is) perfectly seamanlike in the Baltic. Although I'm not sure I'd want to be anchored by the stern off a lee shore in a blow with my engine on strike.

Also it amuses me to see Baltic sailors moor alongside a typical UK-style pontoon side finger, but still walk along the deck to leave the boat by the open-fronted pulpit onto the main pontoon rather than stepping off the side deck onto the finger. They don't always do this, but the habit arises because of typical bows-to box moorings and the very lightweight booms that some harbours have between adjacent berths and which won't support any more weight than the ship's cat without sinking.

It's a poor do if we can't laugh at foreigners, or accept that they have plenty to laugh about when they see us.

 

[johnalison]

I'm always amazed to see yachts and motor boats in their native Nordic environment with a combination of (a) a whacking big stern anchor in a permanent launch fitting with an electric windless and chain rode and (b) no bow roller or any sign of a way to deploy even a lunch hook on a rope cable from the bow. That's considered (and probably is) perfectly seamanlike in the Baltic. Although I'm not sure I'd want to be anchored by the stern off a lee shore in a blow with my engine on strike.

Also it amuses me to see Baltic sailors moor alongside a typical UK-style pontoon side finger, but still walk along the deck to leave the boat by the open-fronted pulpit onto the main pontoon rather than stepping off the side deck onto the finger. They don't always do this, but the habit arises because of typical bows-to box moorings and the very lightweight booms that some harbours have between adjacent berths and which won't support any more weight than the ship's cat without sinking.

It's a poor do if we can't laugh at foreigners, or accept that they have plenty to laugh about when they see us.

The walk-through pulpit is far more important than an anchor over there. We first went to the Baltic on a Sadler 29 and struggled to get off, especially with folding bikes. As well as a pulpit gap, a step is also useful, an option that we were pleased to have chosen.

 

[LittleSister]

. . . I'm not sure I'd want to be anchored by the stern off a lee shore in a blow with my engine on strike. . . .

Could always deploy stern anchor and then bring the 'loose' rode around the boat so it is anchored from the bow.

. . .Also it amuses me to see Baltic sailors moor alongside a typical UK-style pontoon side finger, but still walk along the deck to leave the boat by the open-fronted pulpit onto the main pontoon rather than stepping off the side deck onto the finger. . . .

Would be a sensible way to do it with those bouncy narrow pontoon fingers they favour in France and some other places.