European Bluewater Cruisers

[GTom]

Good, I'll ask the skipper to do an experiment in a pool...

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Rival 36, the highway-star & speed freak?

[GTom]

41 cc

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"...The center cockpit version was commonly rigged as a ketch...."

[GTom]

This one was sloop rigged.

[storyinframes]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

have you tried sailing Fisher, yes seemingly strong boats , but you know what the say about motorsailers, and the 34 is a very small boat inside IMHO, too much given over to the pilot house.

Dave

I love the fisher 25 we have. sailed from Wales to all the way up to Outer Hebrides. They handle sea pretty well. We had 2 mtr seas off Ardnamurchan on the beam and she was fine.

Big ones are very expensive.

We chose 25 over 30 because of bigger cockpit in '25.

[Jim Cate]

So, now in this thread we have had a fisher 34 motor sailor doing 10 knots cocmfortably (ohhh, that was SOG with a big current, didn't mention that) and this old rival doing 80 degree tacks (ohhh, that was estimated from a briefly observed compass reading, didn't mention that)...

Guys, these fantastic claims don't do your reputation much good, nor that of the boats in question. Performance claims should be researched a bit better before publishing IMO. Factual data is of interest to everyone, imaginary data is only confusing the issues.

Jim

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thankee Sir Jim!
(then again: it's the age & the nation of alternative facts)