Thanks Orin,
I think I agree with you.
Different tastes exist, yes.
I'm a while away from an actual vessel, yet in todays market if my funds were ready id be looking at the Duncansun 43 ketch or the Swanson 42
sloop.
Way I see it is with a bit of practice,
sloop would balance
helm and in event of steerage loss can steer. I know my friends mate steered his
racing hull cruiser into port. Tacking etc without tiller. She's a sloop. I'm not that fluent. Ketch would be quicker to learn IMO. Easier to handle having smaller
sails.
I'm guessing particular boats above will sell before I'm cashed up. Plenty come and go often.
I managed to secure a protected yet really easy wide channel berth with dominant wind favourable to berthing vessel with. Pretty lucky that in future, a
phone call would enable a shore mate to line berth but generally easy going and would rather take
kayak out if no mates wanna go hooning.
Once outside the heads, should be okay solo (preference is sharing load with mates though).
Swanson has a beautiful below
water line. Looks like a vessel that'd balance cleated
sheets and hold course in lumpy conditions, spilling wind to relieve excessive torque and continuously finding nose upon tuned heading.
I've heard Duncansun 42s had inherent rudder problems and are prone to breakage. IDK if news old, guessing most would have been modified by now. Seeing skeg as advantage of hidden floating debris such as containers, dead whales, etc plus a protected leading edge of the tapered rudder. Surely much stress would be relieved from knots in
water. Looks a lot faster in flat waters. Thing I like is ketch plus transom folds down into a swimming platform. I'd rather the Swanson though. Almost half the
price too. Just looks like a sea boat in my eyes; quick when wind's heavy.
I'm dreaming a while longer.. getting there.
Just bought AGMs for land house
batteries. Was disgusted with
lithium ion recycling seeing our
government handed most of the to be recycled
batteries off to poorer countries which land filled and now leach into our oceans.
Lithium a much better
battery and cost about same when understanding only 50% usage of
AGM to ensure longevity hence buy twice as much which is probably 4x weight yet basically all recycled.
Looking forward to taking dad out. We used to
cruise for months each year. He always wanted a
bilge keel Duncansun 40 ketch. LoL, ground her on ebb tide, eat well upright, flood and go. LoL
I've only heard about your
Great lakes. I'm guessing steep waves although short fetched. I know big ships have sunk there. I like that tragic yet beautiful song, ' the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'
We are very obedient with
weather too.