small cruisers for older crews

[bamspm]

I would appreciate advice on suitable 6 metre cruisers for a couple of pensioners, one a wife who after years of dinghy sailing has become very nervous of any boat that heels significantly and quickly.
Thanks in advance.

 

[tugboat]

Some years back I had a lot of fun in a Westerly 21 which was the later version of the Warwick. She had a nice wooden interior and sailed pretty well. I often saw 6.5 knots on the log. They have good headroom, though the heads compartment needs to be entered sternfirst! Any of the smaller boats are going to be more tippy than a heavier one, but the Westerly had some decent bits of ironmongery hanging underneath and stood up to it's canvas well. Transom hung rudder which is a good feature and good thick layup in the hull. Sidedecks are a bit narrow though.

 

[Slow_boat]

Maybe a catamaran? Sail upright, go quite nicely, loads of room, big sheltered cockpit, shallow draught etc. etc.

A bit pricey in marinas but who want's to spend their time in the marine equivilant of a car park?

 

[paul_williams]

nice recommendation. sailmaker up here owned one and regularly cleaned up at round the cans. decent inboard too. also look at macwester rowen.

 

[bamspm]

Thanks, sounds promising, are they long fin keel?

 

[paul_williams]

westerly has bilge keels, macwester has long keel with bilge plates, so they stand up

 

[Talbot]

is 6m a constraint due to berth costs, or budget. what sort of cruising do you want to do?

Most small boats tend to be a bit tippy, as weight detracts from performance.

 

[sailorman]

Cinder 22 ft
fine sailing boat, stiff & sea kindly, draught approx 4 ft.
enough room below for week-ending for a couple ( boom tent would help with more room for stoage).
built like a brick out-house.l
same designer ( John Westell )as the 505,Nova 27

 

[bamspm]

6-7 metres is part berth constraint but also sail handling limitations. Cruising will be limited, mainly river or very limited coastal day sailing

 

[sailorman]

wot do you call rivers /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
estuarys ????????
or non tidal

 

[FullCircle]

The Galion 22 is a beautiful boat to look at and sail well, have a longish keel, and 5 foot 9 headroom, and an inboard usually. There is a link to one below which is very cheap and very good value for money, and is not in bad nick, as I walked past it on the way to the pub recently.

http://www.galion22.co.uk/


http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F101869/

 

[paul_williams]

have you thought about small mobo? there are some nice little colvics around, shallow draught, enough accom for the weekend and don't tip.

 

[bamspm]

Thames estuary/East coast.

 

[sailorman]

Cinder 22 is ideal, assuming deep water mooring available.
my Son has one based Orwell / Deben

 

[shantymanuk]

Hi Brian look at the silhouette society,and get a trip to see how you find the humble 17'3"silhouette ,quite a sturdy boat for their size and economical cost www.S.O.I.A.org.uk

 

[paulrossall]

I reckon you want a Swin Ranger or Cox 22. Same hull with slightly different layouts.This is the web site:- http://www.swinranger.co.uk/. Incredible room for such a small boat, very stable and seaworthy, good inboard engine....what more could you want????

 

[Slow_boat]

How about a vivacity 20?

Bilge keeled weekender really, but plenty of room for two. Not enough for two plus my teenaged daughter, though!

Good, stiff, easy to sail weekender and not a bad seaboat.

I happen to know where there's a nice one for sale in your area. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

PM me for details.

 

[Talbot]

I would suggest that you need to consider a motorsailer such as the smaller colvic watson e.g. http://yachts.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=41000 which will provide the stability and capability that you have asked for.

 

[simonfraser]

hirondell cat ?

 

[GrahamC]

The Warwick is good but if the money allows, what about a Fisher 25, dream boat for the mature, slippers in the wheelhouse and decent accomodation for two
GrahamC