Mistral - Alden Nordfaher
Owners: Tom and Lettie Gotchberg (purchased 1972)
Vision: An Alden-designed sea boat capable of competing in offshore
races and family cruising short-handed
Designer: John G. Alden
Builder: A. Le Compte Co., Holland
Year: 1958
Material: Wood
LOA: 41' 9"
LWL: 30'
Beam: 11' 3"
Draft: 7'
Rig: Yawl
Working sail area: 900 square feet
Mast height above waterline: 55'
Designed displacement: 22,000 lbs.
Estimated cruising displacement: 24,000 lbs
Ballast: 6,000 lbs.
Underbody: Traditional full keel
D/L: 365
SA/D: 18
B/D: 27 percent
Fuel capacity: 40 gallons
Water capacity: 70 gallons
Engine: 40 hp Westerbeke
Racing history: 1980 OSTAR (Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic
Race), finished 48th of 100 starters; 1981 Bermuda One-Two, 3rd in class
to Bermuda and 2nd in class back; 1985 Round Britain Race, 3rd in class
(by reason of survival!)
Cruising history: Three transatlantic crossings; Bermuda, Maine,
Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, Britain, western Europe and the Mediterranean
Nautical miles sailed: 50,000 with Tom and Lettie
Owner's comments: "Superb family compromise. Can't think what I
would replace it with. Balances well, tracks well, easily fixable anywhere
in the world."
Mooneshine - Fast Passage 39
Owners: Ron and Kathy Trossbach (purchased 1983)
Vision: A stable, safe sea boat which could be comfortably handled
by two people and which sailed well to weather
Designer: William Garden
Builder: Tollycraft
Year: 1982
Material: Fiberglass
LOA: 39' 6"
LWL: 33' 6"
Beam: 11' 2"
Draft: 5' 6"
Rig: Masthead cutter
Working sail area: 761 square feet
Mast height above waterline: 58' 1"
Designed displacement: 22,000 lbs.
Estimated cruising displacement: 24,000 lbs.
Ballast: 7,500 lbs.
Underbody: Split keel, skeg-hung rudder
D/L: 261
SA/D: 16
B/D: 34 percent
Fuel capacity: 50 gallons
Water capacity: 100 gallons
Engine: 75 hp Yanmar
Racing history: 1982 BOC round-the-world race, second in class
with Francis Stokes (subject of his book, The Mooneshine Logs, Sheridan
House, 1994) Cruising history: Four transatlantic crossings; multiple
cruises along the East Coast from Key West to Newfoundland via the ICW
and offshore
Nautical miles sailed: 87,000
Owner's comments: "We never thought this would be our last boat.
But we've looked at other boats and never see anything we'd be willing
to trade for."
Curlew - J/35
Owners: Ted and Liz Brainard
Vision: A boat capable of performing well in the Round Britain
Race; not a boat to sail around the world with the family, but a boat
that truly performed well
Designer: Rodney S. Johnstone
Builder: TPI (Tillotson-Pearson Inc.)
Year: 1990
Material: Fiberglass
LOA: 35'
LWL: 30'
Beam: 12'
Draft: 7'
Rig: Masthead cutter
Working sail area: 636 square feet
Mast height above waterline: 50'
Design displacement: 10,500 lbs.
Estimated cruising displacement: 11,000 lbs.
Ballast: 4,400 lbs. (water ballast: 1,450 lbs.)
Underbody: Fin keel, spade rudder
D/L: 174 (191*)
SA/D: 21 (20*)
B/D: 42 percent (47*)
(*percent with water ballast)
Fuel capacity: 20 gallons
Water capacity: 30 gallons
Engine: 28 hp 3-cycle Yanmar
Racing history: 1990 Round Britain Race; 1991 Bermuda One-Two,
first in class to and from Bermuda; 1992 paced Newport to Bermuda fleet,
finished in less than 100 hours; 1993 Round Britain Race, second in class
of 15. Cruising history: Several transatlantic crossings; New England,
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Nautical miles sailed: approximately 20,000
Owner's comments: "Wonderful sailing boat. Can go out and have
top-notch performance and turn around and cruise not too uncomfortably
for moderate distances."
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