Rugged High Latitude Boats?

[Sailmonkey]

I found this little gem today while perusing

https://www.davidwaltersyachts.com/S...adise-2015/552

[Psy at SEA]

Jimmy Cornell

https://www.yachtingworld.com/yachts...aventura-60065

[dowgas]

https://www.garciayachts.com/en/yach...xploration-52/

would fit the bill very well or if this is not big enough, try

https://www.garciayachts.com/en/yach...xploration-60/

Beautiful inside compared with most on the market.

[Valmika]

Originally Posted by Psy at SEA

Jimmy Cornell

https://www.yachtingworld.com/yachts...aventura-60065

2nd on the Cornell version. It might be a bit small for your liking though.
They look well designed and built. I'm not sure if any are on the used market though.

[northwestsailor]

A friend of mine welded up an 60Ft plus aluminum boat in the Strongal method. The design was essentially the Joubert Dalu 60ncenter cockpit with retractable keel. Being a boat builder he made modifications as he saw fit. Incredible scantlings with 15mm hull plate and 25mm for the bottom. Of course Meta or Olbia (both in France) will weld it up for you. We have side davits on our Meta Dalu 47 so we can lift and place the tender on the aft deck.

We have used our Dalu 47 in ice with no issues. The prop is well protected by skeg. Keel and rudder are retractable so easily beachable for hull cleaning, repairs, shallow anchorages etc. One meter draft with keel up and 3 meters with keel down. Of course it would be proportionately more for a 60 footer. Bow is quite buoyant so rarely rarely digs into the green.

[wayne.b]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

Not many docks above 60N. You're either in fishing harbors or at anchor. We didn't see one single other pleasure vessel in Iceland, for example, and not one single marina. So "dockage" is not really the issue.

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We saw several 45 to 50 ft sailboats docked in Qaqortoq, Greenland last summer.

[Paul Howard]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

Not many docks above 60N. You're either in fishing harbors or at anchor. We didn't see one single other pleasure vessel in Iceland, for example, and not one single marina. So "dockage" is not really the issue.


I would be OK with the interior space I have now, in 54 feet on deck, with similar beam (4.88m). Perhaps even a little less. I hope that 10 feet more of length will give me the technical space and deck storage which I desire. About 65 feet; maybe 70 feet, would be about right.

Iceland has many sailing clubs and docks for pleasure boats. We sailed north (clockwise) around Iceland and saw many pleasure boats, both local and foreign. Entered at Hafnarfjodur tied to the floating docks at the local sailing club, town docks at Reykjavic (there is also a large marina), among the fishing boats at Akranes and in Isafjodour, anchored at Hornstrandir and around the nature preserve there and again at docks at Husavik. There is a very active sailing association in Iceland (Google Sailing Clubs in Iceland) and many visiting foreign yachts are there during the summer.

Iceland, despite its name, is mostly ice free.

Also in the Faeroe Islands at 62N and along the Norwegian coast there are many docks and marinas.
We sailed it in a fiberglass Manta catamaran and continued south to the Beagle Channel and around Cape Horn and to the Falkland Islands, spending a year in those high south latitudes on the catamaran.
During the summer in Iceland, the sun does not set, but there is a brief twilight until about late August when it begins to get dark again overnight.

For further info on sailing in Iceland and the Faeroe islands go to Noonsite.com and for guide book recommendations for the area.

[MartinR]

For ice, you want a long keel with the propeller aperture protected. The penalty in sailing speed is minor, say 3%. Exposed shafts and struts are not good in the Ice. Maybe you can get away with an ice cage around the propeller, but this slows the boat down more than the long keel, and also tends to get clogged with ice.

[Mirar]

I could build you one 10 feet longer than my 55 footer but might take me a few years, haha! This one, “Mira” is on a 49 foot waterline, three watertight compartments, 3/8 in alloy hull.

[Mplight]

If you can afford it, go for it... why settle- life is short.

[MikeDofFreo]

Have you considered the new Garcia 60? I think that the saloon and Galley layout of the 52 is superior and if put in the 60 would allow a third toilet or storage where the galley is currently proposed. the cabin under the saloon can be used as storage, as in some of the 52s and 45s.

https://www.garciayachts.com/en/yachts/sailboats/

If you buy one, I want a week aboard!!

[Adelie]

If you decide to new build, consider Cupronickel plate or cladding.
https://www.copper.org/applications/...corrosion.html

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by Adelie

If you decide to new build, consider Cupronickel plate or cladding.
https://www.copper.org/applications/...corrosion.html

That'll get messy with an alloy hull.

[El Pinguino]

This is what the Rev. Bob Shepton went down to South Georgia on in spring, 2017.... they incurred rig damage on the way back to the F.I.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais.../vessel:NOVARA

This is what he takes to Greenland .. https://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/wp-co...Bergy-Bits.jpg

You can overthink this stuff.......

[Psy at SEA]

Maybe not high enough.... but I like it!!


https://www.inautia.com/used-boat-27...535010245.html