cool boat.. and cannon ports to boot!Daddyo wrote:
Now this is the real deal
I wouldn't call it a motorsailer.* It's probably only a five-percent "sailboat."* The sail area is too small for much "sail power."
Under favorable conditions, I'd be surprised if it could move the boat faster than two knots, but*the rig could be helpful for stabilization, supplementing the engine, and*moving you, very slowly, in the direction of safety if the engine fails.
My Coot will have a similar sail arrangement (short mast with jib and mainsail) except without a boom.* That's an $8500 option most trawler owners would decline, I think.
-- Edited by markpierce on Tuesday 19th of October 2010 01:08:59 PM
It looks to be one that was featured in PassageMaker Magazine many years ago; can't remember the issue. All wood and built by its owner as I recall.
Hey Phil, how about posting a photo of your boat in your avatar without the gloomy, forbidding-looking clouds in the background so we can see more detail. I quite like the Eagles. Looked over the new 55 at out Sanctuary Cove Boat Showe last May.
You must get the odd sunny day there, surely....?
This is what works for us. Less than 1 gallon an hour if we go slow and haven't sailed her yet. 62 hp Yanmar diesel.
Kind of new to this posting. Hope I got it right this time.
Well anyway, the radar mount still looks like a moose head to me. I thought I'd seen one of those at a Spokane boat show....oh yeah, here it is.