Expedition sailboat

Have you seen the Garcia Exploration 45? Interesting way to integrate a doghouse type design. I really like the looks and feature on this one. Yes, I talked about it. But it deserves a better post with the story behind that boat: Jimmy y Cornell is one of the more experienced cruisers around, have circumnavigated for 3 times with different types of boats, done more than 200 000NM, created the ARC and later the World Cruising Club. In his search for the perfect bluewater cruiser, his last…

Expedition sailboat. Centreboard pilothouse sailboat made of aluminium.

The Pelagic 77 is 23.5-metres in length with an aluminium hull one of a rare breed of sailing crafts explicitly designed for navigating polar seas.

A look back at the genesis of a veteran high-latitude expedition vessel. #sail #sailing #cruising #boats #expedition @Bagheera.sailing

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This is a 15m aluminium sailboat by designers Owen Clarke originally created for blue water cruising, the Northwest Passage and high latitude sailing in ice. The yacht is now available as a semi-custom or as a stock design with in-build support if required. The stock boat is an EC compliant blue water cruiser. MGN 280 for charter boats and ice rating versions of the design are available.

Two boats pointed to the same type of sailors but two very different boats even if sharing a kind of similar look. The Garcia is an aluminium centerboarder with almost all the ballast inside the boat, the Comet is a swing keel boat with all ballast on the keel. Both have a cutter rig. This gives Garcia an advantage in what regards simplicity and Comet a clear advantage in what regards performance: For the same RM the Comet will only need a percentage of the ballast that will be needed on the…

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Another new design from the prolific John Harris. A little more info here, but not much, http://www.thewoodenboatschool.com/boatbuilding/stitch-glue.php and a post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chesapeakelightcraft/posts/10152950127292398 Imagine just how light she can be for towing and launching and just how heavy she can be when loaded with water ballast in that deep powerful hull shape. Very interesting indeed…