By Henkel Steve
For the 1st time ever, a comparative survey of ninety five percentage of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built
Author Steve Henkel has researched 1000s of sailing sailboats lower than 26 ft long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and instruction manual of the small cruising sailboats in-built the final forty five years.
With designated plans, standards, functionality indexes, and statement for each version the writer may perhaps locate (360 in all!), "The Sailor s e-book of Small Cruising Sailboats" is your perfect center reference for the used and new boats you notice at the water."
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Extra resources for The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
Many of the additional toes of size is within the aft finish of the cockpit. (Compare the 2 boats’ inboard profiles aft of the cockpit hatch for the place lots of the area went. ) an identical “best” and “worst” Comps Mystic Catboat 20 Herreshoff the United States 18 Com-Pac Horizon 18 Herreshoff Eagle 21 Menger Cat 19 LOD 20' zero" 18' 2" 18' 2" 18' 2" 19' zero" Beam eight' zero" eight' zero" eight' four" eight' 2" eight' zero" MinDr 1' 10" 1' 10" 2' 2" 1' 10" 1' 10" Displ 2,300 2,500 2,500 2,700 2,900 Bllst seven-hundred 500 six hundred seven hundred six hundred invoice and Andrew Menger Menger companies and others 1990–present 270 sq. toes. moveable, inbd 12 gal. transportable 3,850 lbs. gains practice to the nineteen as follow to the 17, yet due to the longer LOD and heavier displacement, we've a special set of boats to check. top beneficial properties: The Menger 19 has extra headroom than any of her comps, plus a greater movement Index (no doubt as a result of her blend of heavier displacement and longer length). The not obligatory mast tabernacle works good, and is extremely urged for trailersailors. observe: while final spotted, this boat was once being made by means of Wagner Boatworks of Oyster Bay, big apple, and was once referred to as the Thom Cat 19 Catboat. Worst good points: cost is excessive. SA/D 23. 1 22. four 17. eight 26. four 21. 2 D/L 184 two hundred 2 hundred 207 207 Avg. PHRF 315 324 NA NA 369 Max. pace five. 6 five. 6 five. 6 five. 7 five. eight movement Index eleven. eight thirteen. five 12. four 12. four 15. zero B O A T S house Index 270 257 284 264 267 No. of Berths 2 2 2 2 2 1 four ' – 1 nine ' Headroom three' eleven" four' zero" four' 6" four' zero" four' 10" forty three Molly Catboat 17 West Coast access within the catboat sweepstakes LOD: LOA: LWL: Min. /max. draft: Bridge clearance: energy: B/D ratio: 17' zero" 17' zero" sixteen' 2" 2' 2"/4' zero" 25' zero" outboard three to six hp, inbd. non-compulsory 33% fashion designer: Builder: Years produced: Sail quarter: gasoline tankage: Water tankage: Approx. trailering wgt. : The California-built Molly Cat isn't like her easternbuilt cousins in a few respects, e. g. , her stem has a jaunty tumblehome, and using wooden is extra lavish (lignum vitae deck cleats, ash sheet blocks, broad teak deck trim) in comparison to her comps. She is fantastically equipped. top beneficial properties: The rudder is inboard, so it remains within the water whilst the boat heels. The tiller can also be tilted up and out of how, making it more uncomplicated to maneuver in regards to the cockpit in convenience. On the entire different comps other than the Lynx, the tillers are fastened Comps Lynx sixteen Menger Cat 17 Cape Cod Cat 17 Marshall Sanderling 18 Molly Catboat 17 forty four C H A P T E R LOD sixteen' 6" 17' zero" 17' zero" 18' 2" 17' zero" T W O Beam 7' eleven" eight' zero" 7' eleven" eight' 6" 7' 6" MinDr 1' 2" 1' eight" 1' eight" 1' 7" 2' 2" Displ 2,000 2,200 2,200 2,200 3,000 Bllst two hundred 500 500 500 1,000 Gerard De Witt Fernandes Boatworks 1987–1988? 2 hundred sq. feet. transportable moveable 4,000 lbs. to the rudderheads. Worst good points: Her vast cockpit reduces her cabin house to domestic dog tent proportions (though the centerboard trunk is buried underneath the cabin sole, mitigating the claustrophobic house a bit). Her cockpit is self-draining until eventually 4 or 5 humans load it down, at which aspect water sloshes in throughout the scuppers rather than out.