Tradewinds
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More about Dennis Ganley here.I would like to thank you all for your contributions it has been most helpful.
For those that are interested I have been looking at a Dennis Ganley designed Hitchhiker 27 ft , looks like a tough little boat.
Colin Lowe, who used to write for Yachting Monthly, completed a circumnavigation in Wild Bird a 12m Ganley (extended Timerider IIRC) with his family. It certainly sailed well - it had to, Colin didn't like using the engine & I remember him towing, under full sail, a broken down yacht up the Malacca Straits.
I'm not a fan of steel boats but I'd be happy to have a Ganley yacht like Wild Bird.
Here's a pic - sorry it's so big but it's linked to his blog so I can't do anything about it .