Triton Conversion

[commanderpete]

I would prefer the 100' "Day Boat" from Spirit Yachts

http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=476

[Tim Mertinooke]

I wonder how fast you could get that beauty to go on a beam reach in 20 knots of wind with full canvas flying. Hold on tight...

[Lucky Dawg]

The Spirit - 100 Superyacht ( http://www.spirityachts.com/sy-spirit-100.htm
LOA 100'0" 30.6m
LWL 70'7" 21.6m
Beam 19'0" 5.8m
Draft 11'5 3.5m
Displ. 42 tonnes
Ballast Ratio 35%
Sail Area 4566 sq ft. 427sq.m.
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Hull speed 11.3
Sail Area/disp. 38.08
disp/LWL 106
Length Water Line/Beam 3.724
Motion Comfort 32.08
 
 
("My calculations" = http://image-ination.com/sailcalcv1.html )
 
Lucky Dawg was "speeding" along at 6-6.5 all day today 100% jib and a reefed main in a steady 17kts. Good enough for me.

[Wildcat]

here you go, pete.  saw this the other day and thought of you.  seems like your cuppa tea

[commanderpete]

Nice!

That would be considered a daysailer, back in the old days

Let's see...what else do we have

Herreshoff 12 1/2

[commanderpete]

My friend's Beetle Cat

[commanderpete]

And a Melonseed Skiff

[Howard]

This makes the Holder 14 in my garage seem -- well, inexpensive.

[Tim Mertinooke]

This makes the Holder 14 in my garage seem -- well, inexpensive.

My parents bought my brother and I a Hobie Holder 14' in 1989 and we still use it to this day.  Fun boat!

[Howard]

My parents bought my brother and I a Hobie Holder 14' in 1989 and we still use it to this day.  Fun boat!

They are great little boats. Forgiving for the kids and just fast enough. Plus, the cockpit is huge and comfy with the benches and backrests compared to a performance dinghy. All in all, a great beach cruiser for families.

[Wildcat]

lovely eh?

[commanderpete]

Who could get tired of looking at pretty boats?

Here's a famous daysailer--the Wianno Sr. "Victura"

[Tim Mertinooke]

In order to buy the Fuji we needed to sell the Ariel and the Typhoon. I am keeping my eye out for a cheap Ty to tear apart and make a great daysailor. There were two designs for the Ty daysailor and one weekender that Cape Dory made.  I would copy the open daysailor model which they only made a handful of. The Ty daysailors are hard to come by as they are very popular and usually well-maintained which brings a premium. I have seen over the past few years many neglected Weekender Ty's out there with soft and compressed decks with a solid hull that people are looking to unload for little to no money. I would cut the deck and cabin off forward of the cockpit and continue the cockpit seats all the way to the front leaving a small watertight compartment to store sails, gear, cooler, etc. A mahogany coaming would be wrapped around the entire cockpit. The rig would have a gaff-rigged mainsail on a varnished wooden mast, and the jib would be a little thing on a wooden boom. And of course an integrated cupholder here and there. It's fun to dream!
 
Here are some pictures of the rare open daysailor I would try to copy.
 

 

 

[Tony G]

Tim

That's a great idea, cup holders and such.  One cannot own just one boat!  It's nearly unpatriotic.  So a couple of years back I bought an Ensign just for that purpose.  Well, a reborn daysailor and to harvest all of the teak and mahogany from the cockpit.  That was also the reason to build the vacuum bagging system.  Lots of smooth curves incase the cup holders get used too much.  We should talk.

[commanderpete]

Sounds like an excellent project, and an excuse to post some more pictures

An Ensign