Small motor sailor suggestions?

LadyInBed said:
Strange​ rig though. Huge Genoa and a main more like a Mizzen.
Think I might have that wrong, picture of another boat came to mind.
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I think that's the 28 you're thinking of... a strange looking boat. The 33 is a more 'normal' looking canoe stern yacht. I don't find the interiors very inspiring of the ones I have looked at online.
 
robmcg said:
Actually I used to see her regularly when we were based in Plymouth and she was pretty well maintained. Even been on her a few times. Solid as a rock.
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No offence intended. I meant merely that any boat approaching 45 years old is likely to need a fair bit doing to it. I speak as one who recently spent 18 months doing up a similarly aged Fjord MS33!
 
stevie69p said:
I think that's the 28 you're thinking of... a strange looking boat. The 33 is a more 'normal' looking canoe stern yacht. I don't find the interiors very inspiring of the ones I have looked at online.
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Correct: the 28 had the futuristic design and odd looking rig, but by all accounts sailed quite well. The 33 is much more traditional. As to the interior...

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Arcady said:
No offence intended. I meant merely that any boat approaching 45 years old is likely to need a fair bit doing to it. I speak as one who recently spent 18 months doing up a similarly aged Fjord MS33!
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No offence taken. Just always felt they were solid, reliable boats that seemed to be incredibly well screwed together. Also like the canoe stern and the proper inside steering position.
 
robmcg said:
No offence taken. Just always felt they were solid, reliable boats that seemed to be incredibly well screwed together. Also like the canoe stern and the proper inside steering position.
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For some inexplicable reason, I lusted after a Fjord 28 in the 70s. But, like most things I lusted after, it was out of my price range!
 
Seajet said:
A good late model Centaur with a sprayhood will sail well ( not much rewarding ' feel ' on the tiller though ) and motor well, assuming it has been re-engined by now.

The LM's are worth a look too but I thought the interiors very stark and angular, in a bruising sort of way.
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I forgot to mention that I was tickled that you promoted the Centaur, which has the epitome of an angular interior (and only right-angular at that!), and then immediately criticise the more sophisticated LM interior for being angular!

Not that I have anything against Centaurs (except the vertical seatbacks!;)).
 
rotrax said:
There is ABSOLUTLY no comparison with an enclosed pilot house yacht and an aft cockpit yacht with a sprayhood.

First mate and I have travelled over 3,000 NM since May 2015 in our boat with its huge pilothouse.

Our expensive wet weather gear and seaboots have been out just twice, both times berthing in the pissing rain.

IMHO, of course.............................
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Gladys has an open backed "aftermarket" wheelhouse. Bought her in 2005 intending to remove it, but the comfort makes it a no brainer... 12 years only worn oilies 4 times... Great when you go past an open cockpit friend... In your shirt sleeves, supping a cup of tea whilst they are shrugged up in the rain...
 
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