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bob perry · 10-12-2008, 07:41

I think it's a waste of time to even try to draw a distinction. The line can be blurred in so many ways. My definition of a motor sailer is any boat with inside steering. I can't see why what you call a boat is important any in this case. There are light, modern boats with inside steering that I call motor sailers and there are heavy, tank laden tubs with inside steering that I also think should be called motor sailers. Check the next issue of BLUE WATER SAILING if you want to se an example of a new heavy displacement motor sailer that I designed. I think this one fits the typical notion of what a ms should be. However my 7'10" beam Container Cruiser was also conceived as a ms and I can't imagine two boats further apart in design philosophies.

10-12-2008, 07:41	#6
bob perry Commercial Vendor Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 259	I think it's a waste of time to even try to draw a distinction. The line can be blurred in so many ways. My definition of a motor sailer is any boat with inside steering. I can't see why what you call a boat is important any in this case. There are light, modern boats with inside steering that I call motor sailers and there are heavy, tank laden tubs with inside steering that I also think should be called motor sailers. Check the next issue of BLUE WATER SAILING if you want to se an example of a new heavy displacement motor sailer that I designed. I think this one fits the typical notion of what a ms should be. However my 7'10" beam Container Cruiser was also conceived as a ms and I can't imagine two boats further apart in design philosophies.