Jane and I are helping to deliver a Gunfleet 58 to Southampton

Either because they do not actually use it, or (sadly) are not members of forum like this.

It is most odd - one has to assume they are new anchors, new CQRs cost a fortune - they could save money and buy something (arguably) better that might look as if the builders had really entered the 21st century. CMP (aka Rocna)/Manson/Spade/Anchor Right/Fortress must weep - the choice of CQR, on a new quality yacht, is not unusual. It actually makes me ponder if they have also used technology that is 80 years old in other parts of the build and fitout - I am well know for being biased, but I do question the decision.

Jonathan
 
JD, I bow to the logic of academia. And to excuse the choice - I for one have never used a CQR of the size needed for a 58' yacht - and they might work factorially better than smaller ones (acknowledging that many find even smaller ones more than adequate).

Its a first however to equate a CQR to a Rolex, or a Rocna/Supreme/Excel/Spade to a Casio!

Jonathan
 
>We haven't been told yet, only the date which is this Saturday.

Just found out Portsmouth on Friday. Given the size it is it should be the fastest boat we have ever sailed, so really looking forward to it. At some point there is an Atlantic crossing being considered.
 
KellysEye said:
>We haven't been told yet, only the date which is this Saturday.

Just found out Portsmouth on Friday. Given the size it is it should be the fastest boat we have ever sailed, so really looking forward to it.
Click to expand...

What sort of speed do you expect to get up to between Portsmouth and Southampton?
 
I've always found it a contradiction that, and there are lots of this type of vessel, 'these' yachts are only affordable by the successful (or beneficiaries of an inheritance) and by definition most of such people will be used to creature comforts. Commonly the spray hood, bimini, dodgers etc are an option - and before you venture out you need to go off and spend more oodles (small in comparison to the yacht) with Musto and Dubarry.

And, despite the rhetoric, - yes they can be sailed by a cruising couple but need 4 people to bring them into a marina (as refuelling and revictualling is very inconvenient from a dinghy). So you'll need 4 sets of match foul weather gear.

Jonathan
 
Well it was a bit of a disaster one of the SS rods used for steering the rudder failed, eventually a new one was sent and we only had time to do a day sail to test it worked. One interesting thing is it has bow and stern thrusters and there is a 'hold' function that holds the boat against the pontoon so a single hander can tie the warps. The mast is 85 feet high and the displacement is 34 tons it also has a lifting keel.

What really surprised us is we were sailing up wind in 20 knots of wind and the boat was heeled so the sea was just about five inches below the toe rail, if you have that you have to hang on with one hand making it almost impossible to get dressed, undressed or cook, the other thing was the seas were only two feet and downwind the boat was rolling, Their site doesn't give keel weight but the above suggests the weight is significantly less than required it needs a much heavier keel or the other option is fit a significantly smaller mast or a mix of both.

To put that into context we had a heavy displacement long keel with cutaway forefoot steel ketch and in 20 knots upwind it would heel 10 degrees it also wouldn't roll in in that tiny sea. The bottom line is even if we had the money we would never buy one.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top