Adventure 40

[RainDog]

Interesting project. If you have not been following along, definitely worth a look.

Adventure 40, An Overview

[S/V Alchemy]

It's almost a "crowd-source" design in that while the site owner has very definite ideas about what counts as basic, a lot of people have made constructive suggestions that have evolved the design. Disclaimer: This is the only boat forum I've paid to join. The quality of the discourse is exceptional, as is the general level of experience.

[RainDog]

I joined too, largely due to the Adventure 40 project.

It is a really nice spin on trying to put a concrete answer to the seen-it-a-million-times "what makes a bluewater boat" thread. Each aspect of the boat was discussed in detail by some pretty knowledgeable individuals. It has been fun watching it develop.

[barnakiel]

I love the idea and I think this kind of ideas may/will work.

I am not so sure about their assumptions though.

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[RainDog]

To me the process is more interesting than the end result. The discussions and argument along the way, in the articles and especially comments. I learned a ton reading them. Great info for how to outfit any boat for cruising.

[sinna2too]

Originally Posted by S/V Alchemy

It's almost a "crowd-source" design in that while the site owner has very definite ideas about what counts as basic, a lot of people have made constructive suggestions that have evolved the design. Disclaimer: This is the only boat forum I've paid to join. The quality of the discourse is exceptional, as is the general level of experience.

It was funny when John Harries heard a comment about the A40 being a crowdsourced boat. He said no, the boat is his vision but certain people have added comments that helped improve his specifications. There's a bunch of very knowledgable people adding their expertese.

I really like the concepts he's pushing. I just don't know if it will make it to production. There've been times when I thought it was just an brainstorming excercise in building a simple, good, strong cruising boat.

However, the boat seems to be much closer to fruition than ever before.