S2E111 Performanța și revizuirea Wave Rover// Arhitectul naval pleacă pentru un Sail on Wave Rover

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1. In real time, I have taken 3 different Naval Architects out for a sail and all three are in agreement on her performance.

2. It has met all your design requirements which means it is perfectly designed and formed, great job Alan, and I also love your interior, I hope my build and design ideas does the same for me

3. 13:06. May i ask what you mean by a Sharpie style hull?

4. Learned a new word today: Gunkholing

5. Must be great for an architect to see his design in action, and good to see designer and builder in so much agreement. Are twin keels supposed to be inherently less good at tracking?

6. Merci!

7. Beautiful

8. You mentioned the weight a couple of times. How much do you think it weighs?

9. i am always impressed with how easy wave rover is to handle. may swordfish back in the day was harder to deal with

10. thx

11. I'd love to see a scaled up version of his concept. Maybe 30' or even 35'. Something that a couple could comfortably voyage on with occasional visits from the kids.

12. Flat cut – agree, as you mostly go downwind. Junk rig – interesting, easy to reef but extra weight high up in big waves? Wide aft – also interesting, extra space but broaching in high sea?

13. Personally I would like a small cockpit if it were mine with an option to cover it to throw water off in bad weather. I feel a cockpit is safer than sitting in the stanchions. Another thing I'd like would be a spray tent over the cabin hatch and some means to hold the hatch open. I wouldn't want the hatch being caught in a gust and slamming on my head.

14. She looks so relaxed in the water. Would it be possible to fit a Wave Rover 650 with a more traditional rig with a jib and mainsail or even a spinnaker?

15. such a great small boat and the junk sail is perfect and so easy to handle!

16. You have a great boat . I would sure like you to explain the reason for the junk rig. It seems under power. Why didn't you go with a standard sail plan?

17. Is there enough room in this design to incorporate a head? At least a toilet and tiny shower?

18. Very nice boat. Really more like amazing. There are indeed 2 concerns that I would have. One may be more the Mark lll and not the boat but you should be able to sail down wind in 25-35 and self steer with no problem. And heaving to shouldn’t have to be considered until over 40. On the trade wind routes not unusual to have 25-35 with intensified trades for days. Self steering critical. One thing that I mentioned before was perhaple add a little more “balance” on the sail (increase leading edge more) she seems very well balanced iin light airs but you seemed to be having trouble on heavier winds.

    The other is as you mentioned, ventilation. This is critical in the tropics. I lived aboard and cruised the tropics for years. A midship hatch would definitely help. Also maybe some opening ports for cross ventilation. Currents get you somewhat athwart the wind when anchored. A wind scoop would help here too. My boat had 15 opening ports and 5 hatches, a 44’ center cockpit cutter. Yes a different animal. But ventilation critical. Also for me, shade in the cockpit critical. Skin cancer no fun at all. I know all too well. In northern latitudes this stuff not so critical. But other than these 2 items. I would go long range cruising in this boat in an instant. Well done!

19. And for the cockpit. I kind of like it the way it is. Gives you more room below too. Maybe extend the seat forward a little. And for serious off shore work, that’s a pretty bulletproof arrangement. I like it. Very strong and water resistant.

20. Looks like you are perched on top of the boat rather than in it. Are you confident at sea in this position? Any thoughts of moving to a conventional sail rig. It just looks too delicate.

21. Have you ever considered installing a winch to aid you in raising (or even a controlled lowering of) the mainsail? I could see how that would be a critical asset as a solo sailor if you were ever injured or even just tired. Thoughts?

22. Fantastic job on this boat Mr. Rover! It would be great to see some more details that were described during the build but not yet gone over such as the watertight bulkhead (is there a door?) and how the hatch is dogged. Great channel!

23. You and Andy designed a beautiful vessel! And I learned (another) new word "gunk holing" had to google it and now I know! Can't wait to see the video of the Junk Rig Festival lol 🎈

24. Hi Alan. Are you saying the trim tab bearings are not satisfactory in some way? It sounds as if it's not pivoting smoothly. Have I understood you correctly?

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