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The Hanse was a comfortable cruising yacht. Large cockpit w/ drop-down transom. Winches set aft near steering stations; big electric ones to raise the mainsail and furl the 100% jib. Three cabins, two heads with small holding tanks (not good). Bow thruster which was much needed; refrigeration, freezer, nice inverter, Simrad chart plotter at steering and below. A Lewmar horizontal windlass tugging 175' of 3/8" chain; could have used more.
Yeah--most of ones time spent on these charter cruising yachts is at anchor. So a little loss of sailing efficiency for the larger, more comfortable, cockpit is preferred by customers. Why else would those huge cruising catamarans be so popular?Some of these "modern" cruising boats obviously value an unencumbered cockpit as a major selling point...but I personally don't think that makes the traveler obsolete....
The Hanse was a comfortable cruising yacht. Large cockpit w/ drop-down transom. Winches set aft near steering stations; big electric ones to raise the mainsail and furl the 100% jib. Three cabins, two heads with small holding tanks (not good). Bow thruster which was much needed; refrigeration, freezer, nice inverter, Simrad chart plotter at steering and below. A Lewmar horizontal windlass tugging 175' of 3/8" chain; could have used more.
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