Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere by John Vigor

Author:John Vigor [Vigor, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications, Inc.
Published: 2012-07-26T07:00:00+00:00

Performance

William Crealock is a designer who knows how to coax good performance out of cruising boats, and by cruising boats we mean small boats with a lot of accommodations and the ability to carry a heavy load of water and stores.

His designs might not be the nippiest around the buoys in a Saturday afternoon club race because they do not have the swift acceleration of a lightweight racer, but he has learned to refine the underwater lines so that his boats are able to reach their maximum hull speeds with the minimum of fuss and power. This means they are easily driven, and quickly reach and maintain respectable cruising speeds. It’s what all cruising boat designers strive for, of course, but not all find the magic formula.

The Dana 24 is a heavy displacement boat, but heavy displacement is no barrier to good performance if the rig that drives is its powerful enough and efficient enough. On the Dana it is both.

Her long keel gives her excellent directional stability, and that cutaway forefoot might have been deliberately designed with those rolling trade wind swells in mind. She’ll romp down their faces as if she were on tracks. But her moderate draft also enables her to gunkhole and explore the thin waters of the world – the fascinating reefs and shallows– that are so often the best reward for crossing an ocean.

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