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Below, you get the impression of a larger boat due to ambient light and breeze from several ports and two overhead hatches." [6] In a 2002 review for boats.com, Paul Howard described the design, "with long overhangs and a pleasing sheer, the 37 is an unmistakably classic design. Although first built as a racer/cruiser, the Alberg is now known ...
A review in Blue Water Boats noted, "the Nor'Sea 27 is a small but rugged pocket-cruiser with live-aboard comfort and seaworthiness at the heart of her design. Designer Lyle Hess was approached with the challenging brief to design a heavy weather, long distance cruiser which could be legally trailerable.
The Blue Water 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Thomas C. Gillmer as a blue water cruiser and first built in 1961. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The design was developed into the Passage 24 in 1979, using a new coach house on the existing hull design.
A pocket cruiser with a big heart and impressive resume, it's a plodding beagle of a boat, small but adorable." [14] A 2016 review in Blue Water Boats described the design, "If you can get over the lack of deck space and finding place to stow your tender, you’ll find a boat that’s essentially solid, seaworthy and with the interior space of ...
A Blue Water Boats review of the design says, "the popular little Bristol 24, also called the Corsair in earlier times, is a safe and solidly built pocket cruiser from the 1960s. Hundreds were built in hand-laid fiberglass by the Sailstar Boat Company and later Bristol Yachts in Rhode Island with a production run that spanned 17 years.
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the Cal people asked yacht designer C. Raymond Hunt Associates to come up with "a true blue-water sailboat that would be physically and legally trailerable without special permits." The result was a choice of drafts: 4' 3" for the blue-water-customer contingent, or 3' 4" for the trailer boat folks.
The boat has a draft of 6.00 ft (1.83 m) with the centreboard extended and 1.75 ft (0.53 m) with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer. [1] [4] The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The fresh water tank has a capacity of 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal). [1] [4]
The rudder is very large and, for a full-keel boat, far aft." [3] A 2015 review in Blue Water Boats, noted of its sailing qualities, "Under sail, she's seakindly without the tendency to bounce or bob over waves and owners report hoving-to in relatively high comfort when the going gets rough. Fully laden at over 25,000 lbs in typical cruising ...