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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-06-2016, 14:23
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Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

It has an attractive retro look with the pilot cutter lines, and square pilothouse. Just a bit more spring in the sheer, and it would look quite a bit like Jolie Brise. Nice boat.


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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-06-2016, 14:18
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

I completely agree with you, actually. For me that was always a big deal with cars. I drove Porsche 911s for decades, and during those decades when cars had long hoods, and you sat low in them,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-06-2016, 00:50
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

That's what I might have thought before trying it. I spent a day on a Swan 60 with twin wheels, and I really liked the steering arrangement. The headsail blocks your view far less, from the...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-06-2016, 10:24
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

That's a specifically Baltic thing. The line is often webbing -- "Ancrolina".

The shores are often steep-to in the Baltic, and they like to throw out an anchor from the stern and nose in...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-06-2016, 08:36
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Wouldn't bother me. How much time do you spend at the wheel? I never use my wheel from a seated position; I can't see anything from there. I even stand on the cockpit seats, often times, in order...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-06-2016, 07:59
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Exactly. That's a fair weather boat, with no provision for managing the boat in inclement weather. The cockpit enclosure is for the marina.


No place to sit at the helm, on the other hand, is...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-06-2016, 08:19
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

"There was once a Jew named Itzik. He was a devout Jew who observed the 613 commandments. He attended shul devotedly and served on the committee that ran it. Itzik performed mitzvahs to help the poor...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-06-2016, 05:12
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Very good point, and something to keep in mind.

But this will be less of a problem with a lower, high aspect rig.

In rough weather downwind I get rid of the mainsail and center the boom, for...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-06-2016, 02:31
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Generally all true, but hull form is more complicated than that.

You correctly said before that a long narrow hull will have more wetted surface per unit of buoyancy. So with such a hull you...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-06-2016, 08:43
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

That actually looks pretty nice. Ticks a few boxes. Center cockpit plus pilothouse -- check. Very large walk-in engine room -- check. Dinghy garage -- big check. Bit of spring to the sheer --...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-06-2016, 08:07
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Never heard of that boat. Links?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-06-2016, 07:47
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

There is no authoritative definition of a "motor sailer", so you are free to think about these boats however you like. For me, all the Nauticats are absolutely typical, in fact iconic motor sailers,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 06-06-2016, 02:48
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Hah, that's an interesting question.

Wikipedia actually have a very broad definition of "motor sailer" which would cover 99% of all modern cruising boats -- sail and power used in equal measure....
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 16:06
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

The tradeoffs are a bit more complicated I think.

Lighter means less wetted surface (for the same hull form) and easier to move through the water. This is obviously good for light winds, but not...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 13:02
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Oh, my God. What a monstrosity. Even worse than a Hanse!
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 12:50
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Or to fill up on dirt cheap, sweet Russian diesel fuel, to last you until next year, if you happen to call in to Vyborg :)
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 09:34
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

The Berckemeyer is not a Swan, but looks to me to be quite a bit more sailing efficient than the Nauticat, which like most motor sailers has a longer fin keel and underbody built for motion comfort,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 08:35
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

I rather like the rig. Split rigs have some huge advantages for this kind of sailing, and if you can get the masts far enough away from each other, the split rig disadvantages start to fade. The...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 06:30
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Thanks -- interesting.

It has a lot of Dashew DNA in it -- as if they were trying to combine a Sundeer ketch with a FPB power boat.

It's a heavyweight with a lot of power boat genes in it,...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 05-06-2016, 05:23
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

That's a very interesting boat! I'm going to write for more detailed information.

It has dual propulsion -- something I was also toying with as an idea.

I like the Dashew-esque split rig, with...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2016, 09:10
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

How a pilot house and center cockpit could be harmonized is something I don't know. Maybe it's impossible.

Concerning "eye appeal" -- I don't actually care that much about this. Beauty for me...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-06-2016, 07:59
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

This kind of thing is one of several reasons why I prefer center cockpits on boats over about 45'.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-05-2016, 05:01
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Yes, me too, and great thanks to whoever posted about the pros and cons of deck stepped mast -- which added a lot to my knowledge. It's much more complicated than I thought. That question has gone...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-05-2016, 04:35
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Yes, that's what I will do. I'm also going to add a bus heater under the companionway to pump out extra heat when the engine is running.

I don't care about moisture from cooking, because I have...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-05-2016, 04:11
Replies: 573
Views: 117,925
Posted By Dockhead
Re: Pilothouse Variations -- Boreal

Well . . .

Yes, I am dramatizing the latitude a little, you are right, and you caught me there. We are way up North here, but the Baltic in summer is a big lake, and no reason to be out in...
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