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What is it? Another right sized 26 foot cruiser

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redviking
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Initially Posted - 05/28/2009 : 05:08:42

Saw this vessel come in and I just had to share...

sten

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 05:46:40

I'm befuddled by that bow!

Unstayed cat rig... interesting "pilot house"... and is that a mizzen mast, as in a cat-yawl? Looks like she's home-built for the ICW.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 05/28/2009 05:53:55

dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 05:56:58

Depth, compass, lines led aft, remote outboard controls in cockpit, covered park bench seating, self-bailing bow anchor locker. What more could one ask for! Only thing missing seems to be the steering system from "Don't Panic". LOL
I wonder if the mast pivots for going under bridges. The mast support reminds me of a film I saw years ago about a couple sailing across Europe, had to travel a lot of canals. Their mast had a massive support like this one, with a pivot point about 2 ft above the deck so it could go under bridges more easily.

The open bow has got to be to allow the mast to pivot - disconnect boom, move anchor out of the way, remove or loosen the tether holding the support piece in front of the mast and down she comes with the bottom portion swinging out of the bow opening.
If that is a mizzen, it probably pivots forward.

Edited by - dmpilc on 05/28/2009 06:07:35

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 06:21:26

I think you nailed it, David!

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redviking
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 06:22:44

I'll give up a clew - clue... Connecticut design originally, this one is a Cat ketch and yes, the mast is removable easily according to the owner.

And for my next trick - I'll post pics of the only C30 with a full pilothouse with standing headroom. Oh, and pieces of the pilothouse have been clocked at 80 MPH... Stay tuned...

sten

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 07:18:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redviking
 ...the only C30 with a full pilothouse with standing headroom...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I doubt that--there's one here in Mystic (I think it's still here)--all brightwork.

BTW, is that mizzen aft of the rudder post?

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 05/28/2009 07:19:43

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 10:50:21

A canal boat from Europe?

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 11:38:30

looks like a wet ride punching to weather around Cabo Falso in 20 knots of air and 6 foot seas.

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redviking
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 12:03:23

It's a Bolger as29 Sharpie... 26' after you drop the mizzen. The design was originally used in CT. as a fishing vessel of sorts. Coincidentially, I just learned that Phil Bolger at 82 decided that Altzheimers wasn't in his future and had his .45 take care of the problem in Gloucester MA just yesterday... Anyway, I guess the guy was a home built guru of sorts...

Back to the boat - yeah, looks like a rough ride although they are reportedly seaworthy. http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/LKsail.htm

The one we met at the dock is on the web at http://www.walkurevoyages.blogspot.com/

We were invited below and I have to tell you that it is quite roomy. The leeboards provide the stability and you can beach it. Outboard as noted, the mizzen is foreward of the rudder post, and the guy built it himself. They have been places and I love the fact that they took off on a small vessel that most of us would hesitate to take out for a daysail. Myself included.

Just goes to show you what a few trips to HomeDepot and a lot of fiberglass and resin can do... I'm thinking you could build one for less than $15K... Cubicle getting you down? Bernie Madoff took off with your stash? Economic escape hatch - buy the BendyToy on credit and disappear, or build this in 6 months or less... Who's first?

sten

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 12:35:30

Gees and I was going to guess a Bolger design, but didn't want to look dumb. Now I look dumber.

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 12:51:33

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Prospector
 Gees and I was going to guess a Bolger design, but didn't want to look dumb. Now I look dumber.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 15:26:24

Interesting stuff when you do a search for Bolger AS29. Classified as a "junk" design with gaff rigged sails. The mast is counter-weighted to ease raising and lowering, boom drops down below the pivot point for lowering, and there is a "companionway" board to cover up the opening in the bow while underway. The boat has a flat bottom, draws just over 14", and the opening in the bow allows one to step out directly onto land if the boat is beached. Has boards on each side instead of a centerboard. Uses a combination of concrete and lead inside for ballast, about 600 lbs., and has a beam of just under 8 ft.

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 15:47:36

The interview(s) on furledsails.com (?) are worth a listen, if you haven't heard them already. Bolger was very unconventional.

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EAbrams
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 16:39:55

Here is a link to the story.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_145224017.html?keyword=secondarystory

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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 18:36:48

Where are the leeboards? I believe they are by definition external to the hull. I learned to sail on a rowboat with leeboards my dad made... and there are a couple of wooden, schooner-rigged boats with leeboards in this area.

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/28/2009 : 18:43:20

From the drawings I saw, they are in a recessed pocket just behind the outer hull, presumably to protect them from damage, like you would recess door hinges.
http://www.leow.de/
Click on design.
Notice also the very short rudder. This thing is really designed for the shallows.

Edited by - dmpilc on 05/28/2009 18:48:53

redviking
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Response Posted - 05/31/2009 : 19:31:40

Not all leeboards are external to the hull. Not sure when the design changed, but veddy interesting stuff nonetheless... Trully a remarkable man and really remarkable weird boats...

sten

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