Design 2147 Bird of Passage
Heres a very interesting boat. Designed for a very experienced sailor and ex-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, this yacht was modeled after the Dutch North Sea Trawlers. The impetus behind the design was to create a motoryacht with sail power as the auxiliary, and not the other way around. After reading a book entitled Fishing Vessels of the World, our client zeroed in on the North Sea Trawler type as the basis for his new boat.
The boat was heavily built in fiberglass by Scheel yachts of Rockland, Maine, now defunct. She is powered by a very slow turning Gardiner 6-cylinder, 127 hp engine with a 2:1 reduction gear. The result is a wheel that turns at a leisurely 750 rpm and operates at cruising speed of 7 knots on a miserly 1 gallon per hour, all the while being steadied by and the speed augmented by the sail plan. She was launched in 1974.
Here are the plans.
Heres a brief article about the boat.
Principal Dimensions
LOA 48-5"
LWL 41-5"
Beam 15-4"
Draft 5-0"
Displacement 48,500 lbs
Ballast 7,000 lbs
Sail Area 590 sq ft
LOA 48-5"
LWL 41-5"
Beam 15-4"
Draft 5-0"
Displacement 48,500 lbs
Ballast 7,000 lbs
Sail Area 590 sq ft
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