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Sam Holmes is a vlogger and solo sailor best known for his YouTube channel Sam Holmes Sailing. [2] [3] Holmes records journeys on his YouTube channel including sailing from California to Hawaii in a Ranger 23 sailboat, [4] [5] [6] crossing the Atlantic to Europe in his Cape Dory 28. [7] Holmes created some controversy while sailing in Svalbard.
In 1964, he sold Annalisa and went to California in search of an affordable cruising boat. He instead signed as first mate on the 85-foot schooner, Double Eagle, and sailed to Hawaii on a movie-making charter. On his return, he obtained a job skippering a 54-foot charter ketch and at the same time began building his first cruising boat ...
The boat is 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m) long, and capable of accommodating four persons on a daysail or one to two for overnighting or extended cruising. Craig Wagner and Josh Colvin, editors of Small Craft Advisor Magazine , teamed up with noted New Zealand boat designer, John Welsford , to create what they call a "Mini Microcruiser" sailboat.
It began building a small fiberglass sailing dinghy, the Cape Dory 10. Later it moved to a facility in Taunton, Massachusetts , producing thousands of boats during the company's lifespan. After the dingy it introduced the popular Typhoon series of small sailboats, then cruising yachts ranging from 22 to 45 feet.
Hunter 28.5 sailboat. A pocket cruiser is a sailboat designed for recreational cruising and club racing, under 30 feet (9 m) in length. [1]Like the similar and usually smaller trailer sailer, they have design features such as light weight and short ballasted retractable shoal draft keels that allow them to be towed by passenger vehicles.
The boat has a draft of 3.42 ft (1.04 m) with the standard keel. [1] [2] [4] The boat is normally fitted with a small 6 to 10 hp (4 to 7 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering, although at some points during production an inboard engine was optional. [1] [2] [4] The design has two alternate interior arrangements: standard and dinette.
Rob Roy 23. In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "there's nothing like a yawl rig to give character to a small sailboat. Add a canoe stern, comfortable accommodations for two (or three if you opt for a single berth forward squeezed in next to the head), reasonably good construction and finishing, and you have the makings of a classic small yacht.
It is an out-and-out cruising boat, and like its smaller counterpart, the Bayfield 25, it only starts to come alive when the winds picks up ... Two points about the Bayfield 29 - it has a relatively small cockpit, and if you don't count the bowsprit, its hull length is more like 27.5 to 28 feet."