Craig,
Thanks for the input. The more I hear about pilothouses the more I think that is what I want. Casey --- On Wed, 8/13/08, Craig Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Craig Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Boat Search > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 6:15 PM > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
