2010 Boat of the Year nominees, Sail Magazine

[rbgarr]

These ones caught my attention.

I love boats that point high:
http://sailmagazine.com/boat-reviews/best-boats/sensei_9m_best_boats_nominee/

A sailing version of a "trawler accommodations layout":
http://sailmagazine.com/boat-reviews/best-boats/moody_45_ds_best_boats_nominee/

A sweet daysailer with an interesting boom vang: http://sailmagazine.com/boat-reviews/best-boats/rustler_24_best_boats_nominee/

[Thad Van Gilder]

That first picture shows the vang very well!!!!

-Thad

[Concordia...41]

Unlike the folks at Moody, the guys here believe low and sleek is the way to go:

http://sailmagazine.com/boat-reviews/best-boats/hunter_39_best_boats_nominee/

That's not me in the pictures, but I've sailed this one :) Narrowly missed the chance to deliver it to the dealer in Mystic.

There's a German sail magazine that came out and did a review of the 39' before it left. If someone can help me figure out the name Bootsomething? maybe I can get a copy of the article. The air was a little light that day, but there should be some great pictures.

[bamamick]

I like that idea, actually (the vang). Makes a lot of sense to me.

The Rustler is a fine looking boat, but it probably cost a jillion dollars. You could buy two very nice used Dragons for what that boat costs (probably. I don't really know. Just in a bad mood).

There was a plan to build Dragons in Turkey from the moulds that were used in Hong Kong, but the moulds were damaged in shipment and were later destroyed. I would have liked to have seen those Turkish hulls because they have a pretty good reputation as builders and the costs would have been good for the 'average' guy to try and pick up a new hull.

Mickey Lake

[Hwyl]

The Rustler is a rework of the Piper OD from the late 60's.

The guys who sail the Viper 540 call the reverse kicking strap the "gnav". I like that.


I'm always sceptical about these boat of the year nominations.
It's surely a reflection of advertising money

[rbgarr]

I like that idea, actually (the vang). Makes a lot of sense to me.

The Rustler is a fine looking boat, but it probably cost a jillion dollars. You could buy two very nice used Dragons for what that boat costs (probably. I don't really know. Just in a bad mood).


Mickey Lake

$66K+ including sails... and they call it a GNAV, too :D

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=2046699&checked_boats=2046699&ybw=&units=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=1607&url=

[bamamick]

Yeah, I can find two very nice Dragons for $66K US with trailers, sails, and everything else that goes with them. Not including shipping from Europe, though.

Mickey Lake

[Uncle Duke]

Re: "GNAV"

I like that idea, actually (the vang). Makes a lot of sense to me.

Eric Sponberg, an occasional forum poster, uses the logical extension of that idea on some of his rotating wing-mast designs: a single-sided wishbone boom which pivots on the mast approx. along (as I understand it) the axis of rotation of the mast. Gives you a loose-footed sail with consistent camber along the whole height and permament vang-ing.
"ganv-ing"???
Example would be his "Globetrotter 45" design:
http://www.sponbergyachtdesign.com/Globetrotter45.htm

[Hwyl]

I'd call that a sprit boom Uncle, and it doesn't have the same adjustment parameters as a vang.

[Todd D]

Rather than the Rustler, I would prefer a Luders 16 or, for about the same money, a cold molded Pisces 21

[rbgarr]

Cabins/cuddies on boats that size get in my way.

[bamamick]

I know what you mean about cuddies, but it does make it easier to move around under there and rig the mast or change things.

Mickey Lake