Hey Paulo, can you tell me why the Salona 33 is heavier than the 35?
The weight is not very different because the 33 hull is the one from the 35 shortened but they give 4.950 kg for the 33 and 5300 kg for the 35. What do you mean?
The boat has some years but it is a new test sail from YachtingMonthly
Sure, everything is perfect, the interior is great...but the boat is slow and a bit fat, I mean regarding the freeboard and the global look. i am sure the classic version will look a lot better even if it is a pain to get aboard from the water.
I guess that the HR 372 is just a better boat: Lighter, stiffer, carrying more sail, faster and for what they say regarding pointing, also better upwind.
other interesting options, a bit more sportive but all with great quality cruising interiors would be the Arcona 370 the Finngulf 37 the Swedstar 37, the Finnflyer 36 the Salona 38 and some more:
Alubat is presenting the new Cigale 18. An even more beautiful boat and a boat that can be sailed with a short crew or even solo. This is a boat that have received all the knowledge from the solo Open60 in what regards easy of use and solo sailing, a very fast boat for a cruising one, made of aluminium and pointed clearly (as the Cigale 16) to long range voyaging. It has a huge garage for a dinghy
I guess that for this boat (and the Cigale 16) to be perfect it would only need a version with a swing keel, the same type used on the POGO. Than we would have a boat with all the RM and added stiffness provided by a very low CG (as it is already now) provided by a deep ballasted keel but with the possibility of taking shelter anywhere and entering all those little traditional old ports that many times have only 1.5/1.8 m of water.
I guess that they will develop one version like that. They announced a draft of 2.85m and that limits a lot the boat in what regards draft. The designer, Marc Lombard, has developed a swing keel system (similar to the one developed initially by Finot) a system that is already used on some of his designs, like for instance the Wauquiez Opium 39. It seems to me that it would make all sense to have it on this boat.
And as it seems that type of bulbed ballasted swing keel can be applied to big yachts. Here a beautiful Lombard design for a 105fter that uses the system:
The weight is not very different because the 33 hull is the one from the 35 shortened but they give 4.950 kg for the 33 and 5300 kg for the 35. What do you mean?
The revamped Malo 37 appears "cheapened", compared to the older model. Not a lot of changes, just ways to make the bottomline better for Malo. No more traveller, cabin portlights are no longer openable and accordingly ventilation will suffer immensely, especially in the aft cabin with only one opening porthole to the cockpit. These are not improvements on the boat, only improvements on the bottomline, which I must say is sad. Whatever happened to all the work Nigel Calder did with Malo on electric propulsion and hybrid systems? I have always liked Malo Yachts for their outstanding build quality and seakindly designs, but I guess the pressure is on to build a cheaper boat and improve the bottomline.
Bob Perry reviewed this yacht in Sailing Magazine/ April 2013. Another option for those who are looking for a purpose built offshore aluminium cruiser with retractable centreboard. With an SA/D of 20.54 and a D/L of 173 this yacht should be moving along quite well. Aluminum sailboat for expedition and round the world sailing voyage
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