Tony
LINKS
To see the current range of Swallow Boats visit:-
http://www.swallowboats.com/
and for heavily biased opinions about them (often favourable) visit:-
http://www.swallowboatsassociation.com/
...and for a lot of sillyness about things the author has been up to in a Swallow Boat visit:-
http://www.sailing-in-circles.blogspot.co.uk/
- but don't say I didn't warn you.
Spot the odd one out? Swallow Boats Rally. Lake Bala 2009 |
Not a Swallow Boat - but still nice. A Dutch built Bj 17. Beale Park 2011 |
Lug sails drop into the boat in an instant.... on your crew's head, usually. |
S15 Cadenza - Fully battened, strung like a harp. |
Deben Lugger http://www.anglia-yacht.co.uk/deben_lugger/index.htmlFrom Anglia Yachts - A Drascombe put right?Good boats (I liked it so much I bought the prototype) but the BR 20 has water ballast with all its advantages. |
"Wabi". |
BR 20 - Making the most of light winds. Lake Bala 2009 |
BR 20 Best Day Boat on the market? |
The BayRaider 17
Auzzie BR17 "Kylu" Built by Deman Marine. |
BR20 "Expedition"
Rig evolution.
The carbon fibre masts and battened mainsail should give a bit more poke to the BR20 Ex. Reefs nicely, too! Confirmed "Raiders" might prefer the Gunter lug version with its wooden spars.
BayCruiser 23 - Object of desire.
BC 23 OBJECT OF DESIRE (That's the BOAT, Matt, for God's sake! Strewth, these youngsters today....) |
All smiles on the BC23. |
Old Saggy Sails - Six Ionian Summers have taken their toll. Boat still looks OK, though! |
Must work out how far we've sailed, I suppose, but to be honest, once the sails are drawing or I've moored up for the night with a brew on .... I don't give a damn!
The BayCruiser 20. Just love this boat. More sail, More room, more performance. (That's compared to the CBL. ) |
Steve Jones' s Walker Tideway at 4 knots. Small, but capable. (The boat, that is. Steve aint so small!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The sprit mainsail.
A much neglected sail type, this. ( As seen on
A spritsail carries the
biggest area per foot of mast height of
any small boat sail and, in tests
carried out at Gifford Technology in the States and in wind tunnel tests
carried out by C.A. Marchaj in the 1980’s it proved to be superior to the
Bermudian sail on all points of sailing.
Much to everyone’s surprise.
Except skippers of
BayCruisers just got bigger!
Matt Newland and Swallow Boats have plans to build two versions of this gorgeous trailable fast cruiser. (As of Oct 2011) See http://www.swallowboats.com/our-boats/cabin-boats/baycruiser-26 for full details.
As is usual with Swallow Boats, potential buyers have been encouraged to take part in the design. To quote from the blurb:
"The construction of hull number 1 will start soon and any interested parties would be welcome to visit. If you are able to get involved at this stage you can influence the design and have a hand in her creation. We always like to work closely with our customers in this regard, a process which all parties seem to enjoy."
The first example is planned to be ready for the Southampton Boat Show in September 2012.
...and even bigger ?
Could this be the new Swallow Boats SB42?
Cor! I think this is part of Matt's retirement plan. Build this little beauty and sail off around the world with the wife and kids! (Picture stolen from a remote corner of the Swallow Boats website.) |