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  1. Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels

    Location: Boston, MA. Boat: Bristol 38.8. Posts: 1,625. Ted Hood has designed plenty of centerboarders that are fine Water boats">blue water boats. The Wauquiez Hood 38.8 and several of the Little Harbor models have centerboards. The alubats are also well respected. 21-01-2010, 20:15. # 6.

  2. A Short List of Centerboard Cruising Boats

    Ive sailed on a couple of these sloops and like the way they look and sail. The boats heritage gives it a loyal following (a good thing to look for in any used boat). Pros: Storied design, with a good deck layout and comfortable motion. Cons: Finish quality varies greatly as many were owner-completed. Factory interior is pretty basic. 3. Tartan ...

  3. 43 of the best bluewater sailboat designs of all time

    Best bluewater sailboat of 2022 - Outremer 55 I would argue that this is the most successful new production yacht on the market. Well over 50 have already sold (an equipped model typically costs ...

  4. Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels

    Centerboard boats also typically use encapsulated ballast and therefor lack the single worst piece of engineering in modern sailboats - keel bolts. The loss of a keel can and does kill people, yet to save a few dollars most builders persist in using the wrong metal (stainless instead of bronze) to secure an extremely heavy object to too small a ...

  5. Bluewater Cruising And Sailing Guide

    The Sabre 42 sailboat is a great centerboard sloop that is bluewater-worthy but can access shallower waters. Plus she combines practical amenities with excellent seaworthiness and sailing features. ... Blue water sailboats in the range of 50-70 feet offer some of the best on-the-water living accommodations and seakeeping ability.

  6. Choosing a Centreboard Yacht

    The intergral aluminum centerboard, true all-terrains of the sea, is a French know-how recognized around the world whose yard Garcia Yachts has made its specialty. Choosing a centreboarder Garcia Yachts has always championed the centreboarder, because it is the best answer to the requirements of safety, stability, solidity, gentle and fluid ...

  7. 5 Best Liveaboard Bluewater Sailboats

    The best liveaboard bluewater sailboats must strike a balance between comfort and seakeeping abilities. These boats are generally heavy and stable and roomy enough to spend time in. ... The Flicka 20 displaces a hardy 5,500 lbs. Due to its large keel, there's no centerboard trunk to obstruct interior space. A V-berth upfront makes up the ...

  8. The best bluewater sailboats (we analyzed 2,000 boats to find out)

    The 10 best bluewater boats. 1. Westsail 32. Photo credit: SailboatData.com. The Westsail 32 is one of the most iconic bluewater cruisers and 19 have set out to cross the Pacific in the PPJ rally since 2009. In 1973, this small cruising sailboat garnered a 4-page spread in Time magazine.

  9. What's the Best Keel Design for Bluewater Sailing?

    If you prefer comfort and sturdiness and don't mind slower speeds, the best keel design for bluewater sailing are full keels. Fin keels are the proven keel design for people who prefer higher speeds and maneuverability and don't mind decreased durability and a less comfortable sail. Below we'll quickly touch on the basic keel types and then ...

  10. BOREAL 44/47: A Bulletproof Aluminum Centerboard Cruiser for High and

    Indeed, Eeman's boat was the first Boréal 44 ever built, the ultimate product of a chance encounter on a dock in Ushuaia, Argentina, between Eeman and another Jean-François, surname Delvoye, a designer and builder with many bluewater miles under his belt who had long been nursing an idea for an ideal cruising vessel.

  11. Boats made of 100% aluminium

    Builder of aluminum centerboard, lifting keel, fixed keel, fin keel, sailboats, multihulls, catamaran for bluewater cruising ... Since 1973, ALUBAT have been designing, building and commercializing 100% aluminium boats for blue water sailing. 100% aluminium means that the hull, the deck, the coachroof and the cockpit are all made in aluminium ...

  12. Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels

    Re: Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels I've got experience with centerboard keel boats. The first was a Morgan 41 with a fiberglass board that increased the draft from around 4 feet to 10; my current boat is a Hinckley 48 with a 1200lb solid bronze board that takes draft from 5.5 to 12.

  13. Li Yachts

    Here drawing the 47 ft centreboarder. We have designed a 40 ft centreboard pilothouse sailboat made of aluminium and the 33 ft version is in initial sketch stage. My search for the perfect cruising boat lead me to start the design project and a company called Li Yachts in 2015 in Finland. The name was borrowed from my old aluminium yacht and ...

  14. Best Centerboard Designed Boats

    Currently my favorite centerboard design is Boreal. They start in the 40's and go into the 60's. As regards daggerboards AKA lifting keels the B50 is nice but the K&M besteavers in the mid 50s comes close to my idea of an ideal cruising boat. For older boats thought the Ted Hood centerboarders were cooler than dirt.

  15. Shallow draft blue water cruisers : r/liveaboard

    Shallow draft blue water cruisers. I'd like suggestions about an affordable used mono-hull sailboat in the 30 to 40 foot range that I could live aboard and would be blue water capable with some work, but most importantly should be a shallow draft boat, capable of sailing either the west end of lake Erie or the west coast of Florida.

  16. Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels

    Centerboard boats also typically use encapsulated ballast and therefor lack the single worst piece of engineering in modern sailboats - keel bolts.The loss of a keel can and does kill people, yet to save a few dollars most builders persist in using the wrong metal (stainless instead of bronze) to secure an extremely heavy object to too small a keel stub.

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  18. Elektrostal

    Elektrostal (Russian: Электросталь, pronounced [ɛˌlʲektrɐˈstalʲ]) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 58 kilometers (36 mi) east of Moscow ...

  19. Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russia

    Elektrostal Geography. Geographic Information regarding City of Elektrostal. Elektrostal Geographical coordinates. Latitude: 55.8, Longitude: 38.45. 55° 48′ 0″ North, 38° 27′ 0″ East. Elektrostal Area. 4,951 hectares. 49.51 km² (19.12 sq mi) Elektrostal Altitude.

  20. Centerboard Keels in Blue Water Vessels

    True, yacht design is all about trade offs. For your comparison to work, you have to have a boat that is identical in every way except the centerboard, which is an unrealistic comparison.A properly designed centerboard boat might have a shorter rig, a lighter rig, more ballast, different hull shape, etc, to compensate, because everything is a trade off.

  21. Visit Elektrostal: 2024 Travel Guide for Elektrostal, Moscow ...

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  22. Replacing a Broken Centerboard On A BlueWater Cruiser?

    Would like to hear any "expert" opinions or advice from monohull sailors re: centerboards . We currently live/cruise on a 47ft Wellington monohull (motorsailor), with 14'9" beam, 5ft