On Aug 13, 2008, at 3:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Everyone that I have met that has one agrees that they have faults,
but seems to love their boat.
My thoughts are that if you want comfort and are not in a hurry,
it's a great choice.
At the "small" end of the m/s list - Nimble Kodiak or Wanderer
Add to your review list the Nimble Kodiak and Nimble Wanderer. Both
are trailerable motorsailers, both are coastal boats. I think the
Wanderer would be an ideal liveaboard for one or two people. It's
shallow draft of 2'10", wide beam (8'6") and I believe 32' LOA (and
probably 31' LWL) makes it a very stable platform that probably sails
like a tank in anything but beam run (LOL). 75 hp diesel with single
screw - remember it trailerable. Very deceptive in space. The entire
cabin is walkthrough with at least 6'7" headroom in both the
pilothouse and belowdecks (galley, enclosed shower and head, queen
size berth forward. Emphasis is on the motor part of the sailer.
Not sailed one personally but would consider the sail more a
stabilizing device and auxillary pusher to the diesel.
I have a Kodiak pilothouse yawl (trailerable) that's really not big
enough for an extended liveaboard I think but plenty big for one or
two for shorter periods. It runs an 18 hp diesel and actually does
sail fairly well, with the exception that beating to weather can take
forever. It doesn't have the pinching ability of more pure
sailboats. It's easy to single hand and easy to move from the
tiller in cockpit to the wheel in the pilothouse.
Having a wheel inside and out of the weather has been a godsend on
more than one occasion !!
I like a slower, calmer pace of life anyway so a small, shallow draft,
pilothouse double ender is the ideal craft for me. See ya on the
waterways.
Craig
m/s jack B Nimble
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