[PUP] SteadySailer58

[Dennis OConnor]

Let me be the group curmudgeon here...  It looks to me like he has the worst of all worlds in this design...  

First it is a monohull with a less than 6:1 fineness ratio so 11 knots is just about it, downhill with the engine screaming and a 30 foot following sea curling over the transom...  
It has hard chines which makes it quick to rebound roll, and rebound roll, and rebound roll, so he needs both a keel and sail to dampen the motion...  
He has the engine shoehorned down in a narrow keel box which has to make maintenance just loads of fun... 
He has the initial out of pocket expense and complications of installing and maintaining a large sail rigging while at the same time he has the initial out of pocket expense and complications of installing and maintaining a powerboat engine, wherebye he gets to continuously manage the sails whilst simultaneously burning diesel...  
Not to mention the, "wonderful forward visibility", which consists of a 15 degree arc dead forward that is a wonderful view of the aft side of the mast...
In spite of of 831 sq. ft. of sail and a keel stuffed with a cast iron engine, he has to resort to drogue stabilizers to keep from hurling his lunch over the gunnel...
If I were a cynical person I might say I can see why he refused to do the drawings himself and have his name on it...  But since I am not, I won't...  
There is an old guideline I try to follow in life, to whit:  Just because you can do something does not mean you should...

OK less sarcastically, all boats are compromises... This one has more than most..

denny

 			
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