Recommend me a boat.

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Why not get yourselves a bog standard, almost new AWB like this one ....

2017 Bavaria 34 Cruiser Segel Boot zum Verkauf - www.yachtworld.de

.... they are light, easy to handle, turn on a sixpence, and the sail plan is a piece of cake to operate.

... and 'cos it's so new, it shouldn't need anything doing for about a decade.

+1, Nice Yacht

 

[Monique]

Given your wishes at your first post, either the Nauticat 33 or Colvin Watson 32 would do well for you. Both are ketch rigged and this reduces individual sail size. Neither will be great sailboats and they will require more diesel.

Check the fuel tanks carefully. I believe both have steel tanks and with low sulphur fuel, they will rust quite quickly. We own a bigger ketch and are olde faaarts too.... ketches are meant for us, GL

 

[rotrax]

Given your wishes at your first post, either the Nauticat 33 or Colvin Watson 32 would do well for you. Both are ketch rigged and this reduces individual sail size. Neither will be great sailboats and they will require more diesel.

Check the fuel tanks carefully. I believe both have steel tanks and with low sulphur fuel, they will rust quite quickly. We own a bigger ketch and are olde faaarts too.... ketches are meant for us, GL

I thought easy handling was high on the list................................

As an owner of a Colvic Watson told me when we were struggling with our Island Packet long keeler " Dont worry it's the same for us going backwards! "

AFAIK, Nauticats suffer close quarter maneuvering issues too.

 

[Goldie]

Very slightly longer than your 27ft - 37ft, but you did say ‘probably’!

The Moody Eclipse 38 ticks all 9 boxes. So many boats require double berths to be accessed from the head end, or by climbing over the other occupant but the line drawing for the Eclipse suggests a centreline double forward with space either side for access.

The shoal keel gives 1.47m draft too.

Good luck in your search.

 

[rotrax]

Very slightly longer than your 27ft - 37ft, but you did say ‘probably’!

The Moody Eclipse 38 ticks all 9 boxes. So many boats require double berths to be accessed from the head end, or by climbing over the other occupant but the line drawing for the Eclipse suggests a centreline double forward with space either side for access.

The shoal keel gives 1.47m draft too.

Good luck in your search.

We looked for one of those 5 years ago.

One was a dog and expensive, the other OK but too expensive, and in Spain.

Would have ticked many of our boxes, but rare boats.

 

[pessimist]

This is fun. I feel a bit like a kid in a toy shop being tempted by too many shiny things. Struggling to keep my sensible head on and remember why we sold the Rival.

 

[Bajansailor]

I have always had a soft spot for the sailing cats designed by Richard Woods after he invited me to go for a sail on his Eclipse about 15 years ago (he had just crossed the Atlantic from the Cape Verdes with her).
Here is an Eclipse for sale in Denmark - her asking price is approx GBP 61,000.

Woods Catamarans Eclipse boat for sale, £ 58.420 (€ 69.500)

She has an unusual propulsion arrangement with two electric motors - the specification is a bit confusing, but it appears that she also has 2 x Suzuki O/B motors as well (?)

 

[pessimist]

I have always had a soft spot for the sailing cats designed by Richard Woods after he invited me to go for a sail on his Eclipse about 15 years ago (he had just crossed the Atlantic from the Cape Verdes with her).
Here is an Eclipse for sale in Denmark - her asking price is approx GBP 61,000.

Woods Catamarans Eclipse boat for sale, £ 58.420 (€ 69.500)

She has an unusual propulsion arrangement with two electric motors - the specification is a bit confusing, but it appears that she also has 2 x Suzuki O/B motors as well (?)

Yes, I looked at that one and couldn't quite work out the spec. Has a large battery bank but, presumably, not big enough hence the Suzuki?

 

[Laminar Flow]

I thought easy handling was high on the list................................

As an owner of a Colvic Watson told me when we were struggling with our Island Packet long keeler " Dont worry it's the same for us going backwards! "

AFAIK, Nauticats suffer close quarter maneuvering issues too.

Yes, I remember. Fixed that. Goes not only in a straight line, but can be steered in reverse now.
PBO magazine, April 16th - read all about it!

 

[Sybarite]

Amel Sharki. 39'

Specifically designed so that physical strength is not required and that maintenance is minimized. (No wood outside for example.)

(Try to ignore the humans).

 

[andsarkit]

Yes, I looked at that one and couldn't quite work out the spec. Has a large battery bank but, presumably, not big enough hence the Suzuki?

You missed a friend's Banshee that sold a while ago. It sailed like a big dinghy and was easily the fastest boat I have sailed. His wife had lost interest in sailing and she would read a book with a glass of wine while he pottered along at 12 or 13 knots. The interior fit out is fairly lightweight and not like your Rival. There is a cruising version (Flica) with inboard engines here Flica but you would have to get it back.

 

[snowleopard]

If you can stretch the budget and/or talk them down, there's a lovely Twins 36 at Multihull Centre.

 

[pessimist]

If you can stretch the budget and/or talk them down, there's a lovely Twins 36 at Multihull Centre.

Yes, tht one looks rather good. Be interesting to see how much they ask when this is all over.

 

[pragmatist]

If you can stretch the budget and/or talk them down, there's a lovely Twins 36 at Multihull Centre.

Do you know what the layout is ? I find it difficult to picture - from the pictures. One of the saloon pics looks "normal" U shaped settee back to the forward windows. But what is that table in the other picture which shows the settee ? is it a chart table ?

 

[snowleopard]

But what is that table in the other picture which shows the settee ? is it a chart table ?

Yup.

The Twins 35/36 have dual aft cabins like the original Heavenly Twins but entrance is from the hulls rather than the cockpit. It looks as though the berths are transverse which you can do in a cat!

 

[Bajansailor]

Here is a link.
Twins 36 - The Multihull Centre

Is there room under the chart table for a pair of legs if somebody is sitting there facing outboard?

 

[Frogmogman]

Here is a link.
Twins 36 - The Multihull Centre

Is there room under the chart table for a pair of legs if somebody is sitting there facing outboard?

Thread drift alert.

I wasn't that buzzed about the Twins 36TBH, but I'm glad I looked at the Multihull centre's brokerage listings, as one of the cats they have for sale is David Alan-Williams' Alien II.

I remember when he got Bill Green to build it back in '85; it was the talk of Lymington. So futuristic we thought (at the time). It appears that DA-W has kept it ever since;

 

[Bajansailor]

And Alien II still looks pretty impressive today - a good testimony re the ability of her designer / owner.
Williams 35 - The Multihull Centre

 

[snowleopard]

Thread drift alert.

I wasn't that buzzed about the Twins 36TBH, but I'm glad I looked at the Multihull centre's brokerage listings, as one of the cats they have for sale is David Alan-Williams' Alien II.

I remember when he got Bill Green to build it back in '85; it was the talk of Lymington. So futuristic we thought (at the time). It appears that DA-W has kept it ever since;

Sadly it sat on the mooring next to mine for years with no mast, getting covered in seagull ****. I'd love so have seen it sailing.

 

[snowleopard]

It's a shame boat sales sites don't have floor plans the way house sales sites all do. It would save a lot of wasted journeys.