In their 2006-07 issue of "Circumnavigator"
advertising magazine, Nordhavn has a 50' version of
this motorsailor featured in an article also titled
'Best of Both worlds'. Now it appears to have grown
to 56' To me it's the worst of both worlds.
Bob Austin cites a couple good reasons. Plus she
would be a dog under either power or sail. In the
article they tout "a hefty displacement to weight
ratio (basically a measure of how much stuff a boat
can hold)" while 25% of the displacement is ballast to
keep her upright. I'd rather begin with a stable
platform and devote the displacement to food stores or
fuel storage. A six foot draft is a negeative. I got
over heeling in a monohull a long time ago and am not
ready to return to that level of comfort.
My last boat though primarily a sailboat was a good
motorsailor, http://tinyurl.com/y82kf6 (I no longer
am associated with the boat). Center cockpit, snug
ketch rig, high underwing clearance, long waterline,
skinny hulls (17:1 waterline beam to length), a great
sailor and a good powerboat (she did not have the
Malcolm Tennant CS hullform of which I am now a strong
proponent). If one were to enclose that center
cockpit she would serve even better. With galley up
in the forward cabin along with nav and settee, it was
a very social arrangement with good communication to
the cockpit. Watch was usually spent seated at the
nav station. Still, I'd prefer a centrally located
raised pilothouse.
And that's what's in the shop now, a 19m Malcolm
Tennant powercat slated for a late 07 launch. No rig
(yet) but believe me I'm thinking about it with fuel
prices surely to rise further. At least I'll be
independant when I get somewhere with a big house
battery bank and a large array of solar panels along
with a good refridgerator and a speargun.
Regards,
Bill
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In their 2006-07 issue of "Circumnavigator"
advertising magazine, Nordhavn has a 50' version of
this motorsailor featured in an article also titled
'Best of Both worlds'. Now it appears to have grown
to 56' To me it's the worst of both worlds.
Bob Austin cites a couple good reasons. Plus she
would be a dog under either power or sail. In the
article they tout "a hefty displacement to weight
ratio (basically a measure of how much stuff a boat
can hold)" while 25% of the displacement is ballast to
keep her upright. I'd rather begin with a stable
platform and devote the displacement to food stores or
fuel storage. A six foot draft is a negeative. I got
over heeling in a monohull a long time ago and am not
ready to return to that level of comfort.
My last boat though primarily a sailboat was a good
motorsailor, http://tinyurl.com/y82kf6 (I no longer
am associated with the boat). Center cockpit, snug
ketch rig, high underwing clearance, long waterline,
skinny hulls (17:1 waterline beam to length), a great
sailor and a good powerboat (she did not have the
Malcolm Tennant CS hullform of which I am now a strong
proponent). If one were to enclose that center
cockpit she would serve even better. With galley up
in the forward cabin along with nav and settee, it was
a very social arrangement with good communication to
the cockpit. Watch was usually spent seated at the
nav station. Still, I'd prefer a centrally located
raised pilothouse.
And that's what's in the shop now, a 19m Malcolm
Tennant powercat slated for a late 07 launch. No rig
(yet) but believe me I'm thinking about it with fuel
prices surely to rise further. At least I'll be
independant when I get somewhere with a big house
battery bank and a large array of solar panels along
with a good refridgerator and a speargun.
Regards,
Bill
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Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business.
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