Well I am not going to say my boat is the best pilothouse boat as I am always drooling at the cabo ricos northeast 40 and especially the Bruckmann 50. Stepping way down the line in age and quality I also think the
lancer 44 is an interesting boat although with a myriad of flaws. My boat however is what I could afford. It has it's exceptional points and its limitations. It is old, 1964. Factory finished by triangle
marine in rochester NY. They had
Grampian build the hulls across the lake to their specs. The main boat they
sold was a
centerboard designed
center cockpit.
Hull design was from the Finisterre age. Very similar to a tartan 27 also. On this
center cockpit hull they decided to also offer a
motorsailer without the
centerboard. I would only be guessing at how many were built maybe 5. I know of one other in existence today. She is small at 32 ft, inside
steering, no real outside
steering. Shallow 3-10"
draft. She is not an ocean boat, so many windows. no bridge
deck. She has plenty of sail area with a 40 ft
mast and
sails like a sailboat ...but not really upwind. Has a
perkins 4-108 in her. Such a comfortable little boat to live on. My wife and I lived on her for 5 years seasonally. Lot of room for such a tiny boat. We went to the
boat show and looked at all the new fat
boats and came away thinking we would have to be in the 40 footer range to feel like as much living space. I will say the pilothouse has ruined other sailboats for me. I don't want to live in the basement anymore, I like sitting in the pilothouse looking out the windows. I will also say the amount of time we have been motoring or sailing along in the rain and cold,all warm and comfy, only to see some sailboat pass us with people in rain
gear, coats and hats grimacing from the cold is astounding. Always reminds me, as I take another sip from my drink, what misery sailing in bad
weather use to be like. I am never going back, but I admit to missing the go fast sailing end of things. My friend asked me what it was like sailing my boat. I said its like sailing a car. I have had her 11 years now
price paid was 20k.
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