Something I have long wondered about...

[TiggerToo]

... but never dared ask:

Look at this beauty (http://www.jryachts.com/boat-details?boatid=1017182), especially photos 4 and 14:

Were Rivals designed for Hobbits?

(see: http://madshobbithole.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/191.jpg)

 

[Giblets]

The "keyhole" in the Rival 32 is even more pronounced than that one. It's like their trademark.

 

[TiggerToo]

yep, but did Rival have anything to do with the Tolkien family?

 

[Robert Wilson]

Beautiful. Lottery night tonight, so don't sell it today, please!!

Just a thought, the furler/forestay seems much off-set. Would that seriously affect close-hauled performance on one tack as opposed to the other?

 

[Sandgrounder]

I don't think so but you never know maybe Peter Jackson has a Rival with a keyhole bulkhead

 

[jimi]

The Rivals was by Sheridan not Tolkien!

 

[Fr J Hackett]

A very nice a well cared for boat.

 

[dunedin]

Each to their own. Not my cup of tea!

It has the most weird companionway I have ever seen - a main companionway which is ahead of the spray hood, and a second one behind but with major offset to starboard. Why? Just seems odd.

Nice woodwork but very expensive for a very dated boat, IMHO