Island hoppers today (pics)

[Faster]

While in Les Saintes recently the harbour was quite busy, a lot of charterers of course, that were mainly Beneteaus/Moorings, several Bavarias and plenty of cruising cats of all descriptions. Mostly French and US flags, but a good Canadian contingent too, as well as other Europeans. We saw a couple of Hunters too. A surprisingly common boat, esp in Antigua, seems to be the 50-ish foot Oysters. Here's a cross section of the other types of boats we ran across:

The French love their hard chined steel boats, this one an unusual equal - height Schooner rig..


A little Deerfoot/Sundeer anyone?


Not sure what this one is:


Here's a slick looking number


Ahh... the good old mizzen riding sail:


Here's a couple of "Abominations" (IMO)




A Hylas???


Interesting...


Something called a "TOR 12.5"?


A Canadian, BC based Saga 35 - a hurricane salvage bought at auction in Florida:


This seemingly local 30-something Keel/centerboarder hasn't moved in a while.


This tasty Swan 60 something... nice


Here's one for Sailing Dog:


And finally our ride, a fun-to-sail, easily driven, low luxury Beneteau 36.7

[tdw]

Fast,

The weird looking pilot house is a Dufour Atoll...ugly sucker ain't it ?

1999 Dufour Atoll Atoll pilot house 43 Sail New and Used Boats

The yellow thing is a Van de Stadt...probably a Norman or a Caribbean. Basically a 40' big sister to Raven but with a hard dodger.

May not be everyone's cup of tea but man I love the look of those Deerfoot/Sundeer whatever the fluck it was. So to hell with a collection to send you back to the Caribbean, what we really need is collection to buy me a Sundeer........

[Faster]

Hey td - you might know this one.. a nicely executed raised salon - French flagged probably 38-40 feet

[Bene505]

Anyone else in the northeast US getting jealous???

Great post Faster.

Regards,
Brad

[tdw]

Fast,
Not sure what that is but very nice, very nice indeed.

ps - and an oh yes....lovely thread, great pics.

I thought you said the Benny was only 30' ??

[sailingdog]

Any idea what the name of this beastie is or what it is? It looks like a Newick design, but with the angle of the photo, it is hard to really tell...

[erps]

Can you imagine being on shore talking to other boaters when they ask "so, which boat out there is yours?"

"The yellow one."

[Cruisingdad]

IF BOATS COULD TALK....


"Ewww.... but I don't like to touch the water...."

[Faster]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Any idea what the name of this beastie is or what it is? It looks like a Newick design, but with the angle of the photo, it is hard to really tell...

Here's another view....



"Ocean Surfer?" maybe, or just "Ocean Sur"? Actually fairly unusual for a racing tri in that both amas are immersed at rest...


Here's a link... if the same one looks like the doghouse was added later:

http://www.wingo.com/newick/oceansurfer.html

[sailingdog]

As I said...looks like a Dick Newick design.

Originally Posted by Faster

Here's another view....



"Ocean Surfer?" maybe, or just "Ocean Sur"? Actually fairly unusual for a racing tri in that both amas are immersed at rest...


Here's a link... if the same one looks like the doghouse was added later:

http://www.wingo.com/newick/oceansurfer.html