The Future is Safe

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

As the link below shows, Those who have been bemoaning the lack of new small to medium boats originating in the British Isles can now have their wishes fulfilled. ( This is not a plug, just enthusiasm for innovation !)
https://afloat.ie/resources/marine-...em/37807-is-this-sailing-s-future-you-tell-us

 

[lpdsn]

Although you do have to ask what they're aiming at.

Electric propulsion would be brilliant for a cruiser racer if it could be made light enough, so there's a potential market there in DL, but I'm guessing she'll sit in IRC1 and it's going to be hard for her to be competitive there. Would've been easier if they'd built something to aim at IRC3.

So if she's just a cruiser then the range under engine is going to be a big factor. People want to get home on a Sunday even if the wind doesn't co-operate.

A 34' trailerable cruiser is also going to be not as easy as all that to pull around. Could she be towed by a 4X4 or is something bigger needed?

And of course it is usually the price that kills these projects. Hard to compete with mass-produced boats by Bavaria etc unless aiming at a premium market. Look what happened to the Sadler 290.

 

[Concerto]

Look at http://w1da.com/ for more information on this boat.

 

[Tranona]

Although you do have to ask what they're aiming at.

Electric propulsion would be brilliant for a cruiser racer if it could be made light enough, so there's a potential market there in DL, but I'm guessing she'll sit in IRC1 and it's going to be hard for her to be competitive there. Would've been easier if they'd built something to aim at IRC3.

So if she's just a cruiser then the range under engine is going to be a big factor. People want to get home on a Sunday even if the wind doesn't co-operate.

A 34' trailerable cruiser is also going to be not as easy as all that to pull around. Could she be towed by a 4X4 or is something bigger needed?

And of course it is usually the price that kills these projects. Hard to compete with mass-produced boats by Bavaria etc unless aiming at a premium market. Look what happened to the Sadler 290.

Displacement is 3000kg, so not trailerable by ay 4x4 unless you can remove the keel and ship that separately.

This boat (or at least the idea) has been around for about 3 years and only just come to fruition. Can't comment on its suitability for racing, but as you say range under power is going to be a serious limiting factor.

 

[William_H]

I could not see any indication or photos of how the keel lifts or what it looks like on a trailer. Presumably a bulb on a vertical lift keel and a clever trailer to accommodate the bulb or am I missing something. olewill

 

[lpdsn]

There's no obvious keelbox in the photos. Maybe the keel folds back rather than retracting into the boat.

 

[Cactus Sailing]

Displacement is 3000kg, so not trailerable by ay 4x4 unless you can remove the keel and ship that separately.

This boat (or at least the idea) has been around for about 3 years and only just come to fruition. Can't comment on its suitability for racing, but as you say range under power is going to be a serious limiting factor.

most old landrovers and good new ones can tow 3500kg, failing finding a trailer weighing less than 500kg you will need something like a F650 american monster truck which have ridiculous towing capacity's...

So conceivable but legal .... no, they might have forgot about width and length "The maximum trailer width for any towing vehicle is 2.55 metres. The maximum length for a trailer towed by a vehicle weighing up to 3,500kg is 7 metres. This length does not include the A-frame. The rules are different if you're using a larger vehicle to tow a car, eg a motorhome towing a car."

although im unsure how a "5th wheel" Trailer concept works in the uk law wise.

but more concerning is how you're going to make tea while sailing along :O

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Displacement is 3000kg, so not trailerable by ay 4x4 unless you can remove the keel and ship that separately.

This boat (or at least the idea) has been around for about 3 years and only just come to fruition. Can't comment on its suitability for racing, but as you say range under power is going to be a serious limiting factor.

The w1Da 33 Ocean One Design is 9.8m (33ft) long, less than 2.9m (9ft 6 inches wide) and weighs less than 3500kg on its purpose built corrosion free alloy and composite trailer.

The w1Da boat has been designed and optimised to be the largest yatcht that can safely be towed by a car.

So it seems that the weight includes the dedicated trailer (according to the website) so that's towable with a suitable vehicle, eg a Discovery.

 

[mrming]

The Americans had a towable racer this size during the MORC days - the Hobie 33. It was popular at the time and is still competitive to this day. The fit out was a bit more minimal. There are considerably wider roads and larger tow vehicles over there obviously so the definition of what constitutes towable is up a notch.