Bluewater vs coastal cruiser - SailNet Community
Jun 19, 2007 · Looking further, when I think of the distinctions between a raceboat, vs. coastal cruiser vs. a dedicated offshore boat, there are specific attributes that I would look for:<O ></O > <O ></O >-Structure: <O ></O > A typical well-used coastal cruiser might only sail five hundred to a thousand miles a year. Most do less.
Coastal v. Bluewater cruiser, your thoughts - SailNet Community
Oct 26, 2007 · A typical well-used coastal cruiser might only sail five hundred to a thousand miles a year. Most do less. A well-used offshore cruiser may do as much as 20,000 to 30,000 miles in a single year (10,000 15,000 being more typical). Whether traditional or modern, offshore cruising boats need to be designed to stand up to the long haul.
what determines a coastal cruiser??? - SailNet Community
Jan 28, 2002 · Coastal cruisers will have brighter more open feeling interiors with wide open cabin soles and fewer hand holds. Seakindliness is less important and voluminous interiors are more important. Because they are sailing in and out of tight places, pointing ability, speed and reasonable draft become more important.
Attributes of a Coastal Cruiser - SailNet Community
May 17, 2004 · My coastal cruiser (a Hunter 34) was under the $30k figure you mentioned. It has: sleeping room for four or more adults, a galley, a head (with shower), water storage for a few days (65 gallons), fuel capacity for up to 48 hours of motoring, a keel that draws less than 5'', and a rig setup that allows sailing in all directions except into the wind.
Best Coastal Cruiser under 37 ft - SailNet Community
Dec 3, 2014 · Coastal cruising, often 20+ miles offshore, often solo. Current boat is Catalina 36 which is excessively equipped, including bow thruster. I'm considering moving to a better built boat and I can afford premium production sorts of prices but I want to stay away from custom built sort of price. New or used, I don't care.
Blue Water or Coastal Cruisers - SailNet Community
Feb 5, 2008 · Most coastal cruisers are beamier, with more open cabin layouts and less stowage and tankage than a bluewater cruiser of the same LOA. They're designed with the fact that you'll be relatively near shore, and close to facilities where you can re-fuel, get water, food, etc, so don't have the larger stowage and tankage capacities of a bluewater ...
Coastal Cruiser - SailNet Community
Jan 2, 2002 · As our search for a coastal cruiser under $65,000 evolves, we keep coming back to the following:Allmand 35, Islander Freeport CC, CSY 37(B), S236 CC, and Heritage 38 CC. We will be sailing the east coast, ICW, Bahamas & Keys (usually just my wife and myself). Our priorities are: Comfort: this will be our home for may years to come.
Consideration of A Strategy to Survive Heavy Weather
Dec 7, 2008 · The problem is that even well found ocean cruising boats with much heaver layup than coastal boats are torn apart by the waves once they loose steerage. To make a boat strong enough to take the waves from any angle, rolling and pitch-poling would take engineering and weight way beyond a coastal cruiser.
is the Carribean coastal sailing or offshore? | SailNet Community
Jan 30, 2002 · As a rule a coastal cruiser (ie light displacement) is designed to island hop, not cross big oceans. The trips you have planned (Keys & Bahamas) do not involve any long offshore passages. If my recollection is correct, the longest offshore passage between FL and the lower Caribbean you could possibly have is about 100 miles, from the Bahamas to ...
1990s Coastal Cruisers vs. Mid 70s Bluewater Boats
Mar 3, 2013 · Flatter hulls aka coastal cruisers .. more fun in lighter conditions but make for a lot more forced handling. Forced handling is fun in lighter coastal conditions as speeding around etc.. Boats like Freya 39 are longer keel, good turn of speed, alot easier to flow with when your out and its getting heavy.