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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

23-12-2015, 11:18

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The Death of the Ketch ?

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Posted By sailor1924

Re: Staysail in place of Mainsail

Your inquiry and mention of googling images of a staysail ketch jogged my memory and I found an old photo of my old boat and two friends at anchor in Loyds Harbor, NY back in, I think, 1987.

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Forum: Monohull Sailboats

20-12-2015, 09:37

Replies: 502

The Death of the Ketch ?

Views: 126,481

Posted By sailor1924

Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

I love comfort sailing. I have wondered about mid ships cockpits I'm sure they afford better visibility forward then mine does. Yes you're sailing one them new fangled yachts.

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

20-12-2015, 09:13

Replies: 502

The Death of the Ketch ?

Views: 126,481

Posted By sailor1924

Re: Alden's Countess ketch

I agree completely, I like the lines of the older boats and this one in particular. Alden always described the Countess as a full powered auxiliary sailing yacht not a motor sailer as she does not...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

20-12-2015, 08:51

Replies: 502

The Death of the Ketch ?

Views: 126,481

Posted By sailor1924

Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

I'm a bit old fashioned in that the old boat was English built in 1924 and I mostly learned my terminology from boats of that era and before. When ketches first started to appear, in America, they...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

19-12-2015, 14:45

Replies: 502

The Death of the Ketch ?

Views: 126,481

Posted By sailor1924

Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

They are both ketches. Both have their masts forward of the rudder head, perfectly positioned to impede the view forward, I owned and sailed them both and should know. Photo below is looking forward...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

18-12-2015, 20:02

Replies: 502

The Death of the Ketch ?

Views: 126,481

Posted By sailor1924

Re: The Death of the Ketch ?

There'll be no death of the ketch while I'm around. I love the ketch rig. I've owned two of them and wouldn't give up the rig for love or money. You can actually sail backwards with a ketch rig for...

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