Small flush decked boats

[Wansworth]

The Jouet24 a French design has a flush deck broken by a very small raised section that accommodates a slit type window,it’s all very streamlined but one up from the cockpit there is nothing to hold on to unless you crouch down and grab the wooden rail,the life lines are along way away and low so heading towards them could precipitate a ducking.Myonly idea to solve this would be a stainless steel cadge about two foot high for inf a hand rail fromother cockpit to the mast,obviously it would need bracing and possibly form part of the sprayhood.

 

[Concerto]

Are you planning to cross oceans in all weathers? I very much doubt it as you have mention sailing in the Rias and will probably avaoid any strong winds. You are over thinking this and creating a problem where none exists.

 

[James_Calvert]

Have you been on board? I would expect it to be a bit "tippy" so you'd slide around on your bum most of the time...

 

[Wansworth]

Have you been on board? I would expect it to be a bit "tippy" so you'd slide around on your bum most of the time...

Yes had a crawl round the deck

Are you planning to cross oceans in all weathers? I very much doubt it as you have mention sailing in the Rias and will probably avaoid any strong winds. You are over thinking this and creating a problem where none exists.

Even in the rias it can get quite choppy

 

[Daydream believer]

One would probably only walk along the deck in calm conditions. Then "shufflebum" or crawl along when the boat starts healing over.
Alternatively, send SWMBO up for'ard.

 

[Iliade]

My first boat was a Juxtamere Marine Listang T25 1/4 tonner. (There are two very different boats going under similar names.) This has a flush foredeck which is great for sunbathing and sail handling, and perfectly adequate stanchions, rails and pulpit. It consequentially had very good internal space for the LOA.

Mine was the deep keeled version and was not at all tippy. It was a race winner, though it had a tendency to go too fast and slam upwind unless you exercised some restraint.

As far as I know, most were home completed, so the fitout is variable; A complete internal refit could be done in a month or less I would say.

This is like my old boat

Outboard-in-well powered when I bought her.

 

[Martin_J]

We had a Westerly GK24 for many years... They have an even flatter deck but at least there was no big cabin top to fall/trip off..

We had no issue with deck level grab rails but maybe we were younger at the time.


(example photo from Boatshed)

 

[Daydream believer]

Our commodore had a REALLY fast boat. An Anderson 22 . My wife went sailing with him one day & when asked to pick up the mooring she said the foredeck was like a ski slope. Hated it

Personally I like a decent full length cabin top as I can sit on it & slide forward. The grab rail is higher which is handy if I want to move forward in a crouched position. Coming up to a mooring or pontoon with a crew means that they can sit down until needed, which helps my visibility & their stability.

 

[Wansworth]

We had a Westerly GK24 for many years... They have an even flatter deck but at least there was no big cabin top to fall/trip off..

We had no issue with deck level grab rails but maybe we were younger at the time.

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(example photo from Boatshed)

Yes youth has a Bering,Jouet is very similar

 

[KevinV]

Isn't this what the boom is for?

 

[Daydream believer]

Isn't this what the boom is for?

No! that is for bashing the crew on the head

 

[KevinV]

No! that is for bashing the crew on the head

Silly me, I always use a fender

 

[RupertW]

We had a Westerly GK24 for many years... They have an even flatter deck but at least there was no big cabin top to fall/trip off..

We had no issue with deck level grab rails but maybe we were younger at the time.

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(example photo from Boatshed)

We had a GK24 in our 20s and I found the decks much easier to work on than going along the tiny side decks you get on smaller boats. I don’t think I often used the grab rails. As a bit of nostalgia for our 6 week honeymoon an a GK24 many years before we bought another one for our 40th birthdays and were equally fine moving around it. The main thing was always to move along the upside using stays and pulpit as needed.

 

[Wansworth]

We had a GK24 in our 20s and I found the decks much easier to work on than going along the tiny side decks you get on smaller boats. I don’t think I often used the grab rails. As a bit of nostalgia for our 6 week honeymoon an a GK24 many years before we bought another one for our 40th birthdays and were equally fine moving around it. The main thing was always to move along the upside using stays and pulpit as needed.

Coming up from the cockpit thereis a wasteland before you reach the shrouds and mast,I agree that little boats with cabins out to the side leaving pointless side decks are no better,if we go ahead onthe purchase will investigate some handrails a bit like on pilot launches

 

[RupertW]

Coming up from the cockpit thereis a wasteland before you reach the shrouds and mast,I agree that little boats with cabins out to the side leaving pointless side decks are no better,if we go ahead onthe purchase will investigate some handrails a bit like on pilot launches

It’s a very very short wasteland - you just hold onto the grabrail as you step up from then cockpit then it’s one step toward the shrouds on a grippy wide surface without obstacles.

 

[Iliade]

No! that is for bashing the crew on the head

Isn't this what the boom is for?

No, use the spinnaker pole for that! (Both grabrail and head banging)

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Wansworth, you could get around all these issues, just buy a Dragonfly. Doesn’t heel, has huge side decks.

 

[Blueboatman]

Or a horse

Wouldn’t need to get out of the saddle at all with that
Probably less maintenance than an actual, floating, diesel horse powered yacht…
And it’s a lawn mower and apple muncher

….and free parking ( and respect ) when Senõr Marinero manoeuvres it into the village for a coffee

See , boat not needed at all

 

[Frogmogman]

Wansworth, you could get around all these issues, just buy a Dragonfly. Doesn’t heel, has huge side decks.

On Wansworth’s budget ?

 

[Chiara’s slave]

On Wansworth’s budget ?

Yes, strangely. A 1990s 800 could be had. Obviously I’m not serious for him, there’s no chance. But it could actually do the business for him.