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Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook
Author:John Kretschmer
November 2006 The marketplace is overflowing with great buys I’ve been doing a lot of sailing and a lot of traveling lately. In the past few months I have meandered through the Chesapeake Bay, crossed Lake Michigan a couple of times and...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Bluewater Cruiser
Here's another concept that crosses the line from yacht to workboat. Designed by the Dutch firm of Olivier van Meer Design, this 151-foot vessel is intended for a German organization involved with the counseling and education...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Talk about different flavors. About 25 years ago the door to my small office flew open and in burst George Buehler looking wild and woolly smoking a pipe with a broken stem repaired with a wad of black electrical tape. Under his arm was a large...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Bluewater Cruiser
But let's say you don't want to fly around the warm bay in your catamaran. Instead you want to join the International Fund For Animal Welfare and go to sea on various research projects. Simon Rogers has designed a vessel for...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
T he Archambault boats are quickly making a name for themselves as quality-built race winners in Europe. The new A31 should also be a very fast boat and it is interesting to note the similarities between this design and that of the 9.5-meter Nacira....
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Racer-Cruiserr
Here’s a very interesting boat designed in America and built in South Africa. Rodger Martin brings an eclectic approach to yacht design and seems to excel in very fast, handsome yachts. (After working with Martin for about...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Performance Cruiser
This is a very well-thought-out boat, and I really don’t have the space here to do it justice, so if you find it interesting why don’t you write for Aerodyne’s substantial and informative promotional package. I’ll...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Racer
Here is another Class 40 design. This time the designer is Marc Lombard. The Akilaria is built as a stock, production boat and available in both “standard” and “race” versions. I assume that there is a difference in the two versions...
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Boats and Gear/Used Boat Notebook
Author:John Kretschmer
April 2002 Forgiving yet capable of crossing oceans, this traditional cruiser has built an avid following When Canadian builder Kurt Hansen commissioned Carl Alberg to design a 30-foot sloop for his Whitby Boat Works back in 1962 few would have...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Bill Cook designed this Alden 55. It’s actually five inches shorter than the Hallberg-Rassy. We don’t see much work from Bill Cook these days but there was a time when he designed some very fast race boats. Mr. Cook’s new design is leaner,...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Auxiliary cruiser
Here's a design from the Alden design office that is the styling antithesis of the Rondo. This boat is pure American classic yacht styling and beautifully done. The boat was designed for a Great Lakes client and is currently...
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Boats and Gear/Boat Test
Author:John Kretschmer
May 2007 A sweet mix of simplicity and sailability make this a desirable daysailer I have had the privilege of sailing a wide array of boats for SAILING Magazine Boat Test. From nimble dinghies and daysailers, to custom-built rocketships and...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Performance cruiserr
Carl Schumacher is on a roll with these Alerions. I was lucky enough to see this boat at SailExpo at Atlantic City this year. It is indeed a handsome boat and it's fun to see the yawl rig being used.
"What's with the yawl...
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Boats and Gear/Boat Test
Author:Bill Schanen
An elegant hybrid that joins modern performance and traditional beauty
Out there, in the fog, Block Island beckoned. We didn't mind that it beckoned from a point directly upwind. We had a weatherly boat and all day to sail from Newport to the...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Daysailer
Garry Hoyt and the Alerion team bring us this updated version of the traditional Cape Cod catboat. Catboats are older than Bill Wyman and may be an acquired taste. Certainly the styling, with its snubbed-off ends and superbroad...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Back in the mid-1960s the Islander 36 set the standard for medium-sized boat interiors. Then the race was on to put more and more accommodations into production “racer-cruisers” or “cruiser-racers.” A quick look at today’s typical...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Traditional cruiserr
When I was a kid I collected so many old yachting magazines my parents thought the floor of my bedroom was going to fall through. My favorites were the oldest ones. I can still vividly remember their smell. If you go back...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Racer-cruiser Here’s a new fast looking racer-cruiser from one of my favorite designers, Alan Andrews, who has his office in Long Beach, California. Over the years I think all of Alan’s boats have been excellent performers and I don’t see why...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Racerr
Alan Andrews has given us a long string of race winners. I always look forward to reviewing his designs. They are meticulously detailed. Alan is the type of designer who will show up on the dock for the first race and insist on weighing...
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Boats and Gear/Perry on Design
Author:Robert H. Perry
Performace cruiserr
This spectacular design from Alan Andrews was built by Scorpio Yachts in Exeter, Ontario, for an experienced Great Lakes couple who wanted a big, fast boat that could be sailed by a small crew.
All efforts were made to...
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