Small boats for tall people

[Porthandbuoy]

Have a look at a Nicholson 26. Plenty headroom for someone of your height. Ditto the berths. Not bilge keel though.

 

[Seajet]

Not particularly good at drying moorings for the OP; nice sometimes neglected boat though.

I've always thought the Nic 26 a sort of high quality grp SCOD with the high coachroof, deepish keel & relatively narrow beam; would you say that fair ?

 

[Ceirwan]

I think most boats of that era are neglected to some degree.

The list of jobs I've had to do to my boat in order to get it to what I consider a seaworthy state for heading out to sea rather then just messing about for an hour over high water in the estuary is enormous.
Finally closing in on the finish line, but I regularly look at classified ads of the same class for mod 'inspiration' and to be quite honest a find a lot of them seem ill maintained. Especially given the prices they're asking for them.

In hind site its definitely worth hanging on to find a boat that has been updated over the years and cared for by the owner, it might cost more, but in retrospect with money spent + hours spend maintaining rather than sailing, unless you get a real bargain its just not economical to take on a project.

 

[[70521]]

Can I suggest a Mirage 28 be added to your list.

 

[NickRobinson]

I would add the Mirage 26 and 28 to the list.

And Mirage 2700. Headroom good and decent berth lengths. The forepeak is fine for my 6' but we have a bit of a foot fight when we share.

My Macwester 26's dinette was too short. Other berths OK, not quite as much headroom as the 2700

 

[jwilson]

If you can find one look at a centreboard version of the Stag 28 - 6' 6" headroom, sails well and not bad looking.
See http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/stag-28/stag-28.htm

 

[Tricia]

Just an incidental follow-up. I'd like to hear from anybody who managed to sleep doubled-up on a Sadler 25's 'converted dinette double berth'

We did try.

It was okay as long as you both laid on your sides and didn't need to roll over in the night. If you did try to roll over mayhem ensued, generally with one of us falling out of bed. Hahaha, what fun.

Tricia

 

[Neil]

We did try.

It was okay as long as you both laid on your sides and didn't need to roll over in the night. If you did try to roll over mayhem ensued, generally with one of us falling out of bed. Hahaha, what fun.

Tricia

I'm pretty sure I couldn't spoon a loved one the entire night! It makes a grand single berth, though

 

[dylanwinter]

I do love this forum

the bloke says he wants something that will take the ground and loads of people come back suggesting boats that will fall over when the tide goes away.

D

 

[ronsurf]

I've nothing useful to add, but I understand your problem.
I'm 6'3" and didn't even think about this problem. I have a Corribee, and for all it's famously low headroom - the forward bunks are pretty generous. The guy I bought it off was 6'6".

When we chartered in the summer, I made the mistake of assuming a bigger boat would have full size bunks. I very nearly chartered something with only 5'10" double bunks forward.

 

[JumbleDuck]

the bloke says he wants something that will take the ground and loads of people come back suggesting boats that will fall over when the tide goes away.

 

[dylanwinter]

you make an interesting point

but

completely useless when they meet east coast mud

I have yet to meet a person who relishes using them

big, heavy, hard to stow, ineffective on anything other than hard shingle

 

[JumbleDuck]

completely useless when they meet east coast mud

My boat spent twenty-something years on the east coast, legs and all. I suppose that in mud she'd probably just sink in without them, though.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Not particularly good at drying moorings for the OP; nice sometimes neglected boat though.

I've always thought the Nic 26 a sort of high quality grp SCOD with the high coachroof, deepish keel & relatively narrow beam; would you say that fair ?

Absolutely spot on. I drew up quite an extensive shortlist of 26 footers, viewed most of them, and concluded the Nic 26 felt the biggest and was certainly the best built. Only my humble opinion of course.

 

[rwoofer]

I've nothing useful to add, but I understand your problem.
I'm 6'3" and didn't even think about this problem. I have a Corribee, and for all it's famously low headroom - the forward bunks are pretty generous. The guy I bought it off was 6'6".

When we chartered in the summer, I made the mistake of assuming a bigger boat would have full size bunks. I very nearly chartered something with only 5'10" double bunks forward.

THat was always my problem with charter boats, you never knew if the berths were long enough. I once chartered a Beneteau 361 for just SWMBO and myself. I had to sleep in the aft cabin and she had to sleep in the forecabin. No berth was long enough or wide enough, so we both needed doubles to fit in.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I had to sleep in the aft cabin and she had to sleep in the forecabin. No berth was long enough or wide enough, so we both needed doubles to fit in.

Which of you is the tall one ... ?

 

[James W]

The Hurley 24/70 and Tomahawk 25 are both lovely boats with good headroom for the money. Both have twin keel variants, the Tomahawk is faster but the Hurley is a little battleship.

Good luck and whatever you do, find one with a nice new engine!

 

[Kelpie]

you make an interesting point

but

completely useless when they meet east coast mud

I have yet to meet a person who relishes using them

big, heavy, hard to stow, ineffective on anything other than hard shingle

Hmm. I added legs to our boat last year, have only used them on one occasion so far, on muddy shingle. My understanding was that the feet will sink in at about the same rate as the keel, so it shouldn't matter much what the bottom is, so long as it is reasonably level. I certainly intend to use them on sand this year, although I don't think I'll be making a trip to the East Coast just to see how they cope with the mud there

 

[rwoofer]

Which of you is the tall one ... ?

I'm 6'6" and SWMBO 6', so relatively speaking we are the same height I reckon.

 

[snowleopard]

No substitute for personally testing berths, I'm afraid!

I was all set to buy a Snowgoose till I tried the berths for size.