Saturday, July 5, 2025

A new post about Belle Ile and sisters.






                         - TYD#895. Recently, I noticed quite a few Clicks about this Design.

LOA 33'-3" x LWL 28'-9" x BEAM 11'-1" x DRAFT 4'-3" x DISPL 19000LBS. SA 792SQ/FT.



Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Day Sailers.

 Classic and sort of Classics for these 2 examples under 40ft.

At liberty to comment. 

- Apparently, there is a demand for a Daysailer under 40ft. Preferably designed under a 

pseudo classic look. 

- Some with plumb bow, a sprit and an elongated cockpit, some others with overhangs with more 

substantial displacement. 

- But what is the definition, if there is one?


- A Day-Sailer, at 40ft.- 12 meters is on the large size for the occasional outing. The concept can be 

downsized to fit time, budget, and also location. REF: TYD#456.

- From a practical point of view, and almost no matter the size, I see the main ingredients as being: 

light on the helm; lots of stability (not a catamaran in this discussion); easy rig and Sail Plan.

20M. Aluminum Catamaran.

                                                                        - TYD#483-KAt.


 KAt 20M. Interesting project I am working on.

- With the experience of a couple of large cats and also smaller ones, this inquiry starts at the right time.

- For this aluminum Catamaran, I engaged myself to produce a few 3Ds files in order to circle the 

wagon.

CT44

 - TYD#811. - The Tanton CT44 was also built in Taiwan by Ta Chiao.  She differs from the T43 by adopting a  conventional cutter rig over th...