Tiny Scandinavian double ender….

[magic-martinh]

Storfidra would probably be too big.

Maybe some of Sven Urvind's Bris -constructions.

Correct, but, it was close enough to jog my mind , and, remember it was a Havsfidra 20. So, thanks everyone, have to say the Stirfidra looks pretty damn good too! Cheers YBW forum.

 

[Wansworth]

Correct, but, it was close enough to jog my mind , and, remember it was a Havsfidra 20. So, thanks everyone, have to say the Stirfidra looks pretty damn good too! Cheers YBW forum.

Check out sv Ragnar on youtube

 

[Bajansailor]

Prompted by this I had a look at the Francis 26 and was really surprised at how constrained and limited it was certainly when compared to my old Vancouver 27. At the end of the day length matters and no matter how pretty they may be the above boats are very limited and I would venture to say uncomfortable.

I met a young English couple on board a Frances 26 called 'Mithril' in Las Palmas before the start of the first ARC in 1986 - there were no limits on size then, and I think the smallest entrant that year was a Hurley 22 called 'Raggles'.
The folk on Mithril had built her from a bare hull and deck, and then headed south; I met them again here in Barbados and they had a text book passage sailing across. They had taken a year out, and sailed back home the following summer, without fanfare.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I met a young English couple on board a Frances 26 called 'Mithril' in Las Palmas before the start of the first ARC in 1986 - there were no limits on size then, and I think the smallest entrant that year was a Hurley 22 called 'Raggles'.
The folk on Mithril had built her from a bare hull and deck, and then headed south; I met them again here in Barbados and they had a text book passage sailing across. They had taken a year out, and sailed back home the following summer, without fanfare.

I don't dispute that all the boats above could transatlantic and more, Shrimpy at 18 foot circumnavigated as do corks and coconut husks, all I say is that they are limited in accommodation and spartan and not for the majority.

 

[simondewing]

I just bought the Frances 26 formerly called Mithril.

She has been known as Jeneka 11 and JJ in the last 20 years since returning across the Atlantic in the mid / late 80's
I am about to move her to Torquay and may try to revert to her original name.

Cosy but comfortable for 2, good looking and a good sea-boat.
No issue with small boats you just have to prioritize and live without many of the modern conveniences.


Simon

 

[Stemar]

This came up on my Youtube the other day. Far from blue water, but lovers of small boats may enjoy it.

 

[Sybarite]

Yes but they are not 19.5 ft. There was a beauty for sale some years ago called "Tinkerbell" or "Schnapps" depending on where you looked. I was very, very tempted but sanity prevailed.

Lovely but Errol Bruce used to have one and considered it unsafe in bad weather because there was not enough buoyancy in the stern. There was always the worry about being pooped.