[PUP] PPM, Convergence, narrow boats, etc.

[Mark]

I like the design of Convergence - note that one of the other variations on this design, the WylieCat 65 
http://www.wyliecat.com/models/wylie_65.html specs 10knots at 2gph.   It doesn't carry fuel for 3000+ nm, but you could carry a lot of fuel if you didn't have that rig + 5ton keel.  Or perhaps a more modest rig.

Another designer along the FPB/WylieCat theme is Nigel Irens, a recent design is 63' Molly Ban: http://www.nigelirens.com/FRAMEMolly.htm  

The long narrow boats have the advantage of both easier motion in the open sea as well as efficiency and slightly higher speed if you need it.

As the scarcity and expense of slips increase, the market pushes more boats to the dock condo design.  Even today's trawlers are closer to a dock condo than Beebe's original passagemaker.  The question is, will the Dashew, Irens, and Wylie designs always be expensive one offs, or is there a market for a production passagemaker of this type?


--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Peter Sheppard <Peter at petersheppard.com.au> wrote:
> The cruising pilot house sailing boat you describe almost
> fits the
> description of Randy Repass's boat - Convergence.

> Have a look at
> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DisplayPageView?stor
eId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&page=Convergence&sect=home