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= Chuck Paine | | | | | 10-11-2016, 18:07 | | | | Making A Comeback
While Flush are a traditional design, often seen in old wooden boats (e.g. Pilot Cutters), there is a revival of interest in flush deck boats seen at the highest levels of premium or expensive yachts, with some high-end marques such as Wally. I will post more about these in the future, but here are a couple of photos to give you a sense that FD boats are not obsolete or dead as a design .
| | | | | 10-11-2016, 18:25 | | Boat: 1962 Columbia 29 MK 1 #37
| series of flush/raised deck boats the bahama 24,
and the and the 33
And let's not forget the good old 30
FYI I own the 24
Then there is the good old defender 29.
|  | 10-11-2016, 18:46 | | Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
| | 10-11-2016, 18:55 | | Boat: 1962 Columbia 29 MK 1 #37
| | 10-11-2016, 20:04 | | Boat: Oday 25
| when on the hook allows the to be open in the rain. Air comes in. Rain does'nt | | | | | 10-11-2016, 20:14 | | | | , of 5' w/ board up and 8' 6" board down. is 6'3" to 6' 5". Beam is 12'3". Several on Yachtworld with pictures
| | | | | 10-11-2016, 21:02 | | | | now until I drop asleep again. | | | | | 10-11-2016, 21:06 | | | | | , of 5' w/ board up and 8' 6" board down. is 6'3" to 6' 5". Beam is 12'3". Several on Yachtworld with pictures | | 11-11-2016, 07:37 | | Boat: 1968 Columbia 50
| pulpits. there is a lot of room to store things on deck, and space to roam without having to step off of a top or have to worry about a narrow side deck(mine are around 3'). | | | | | 11-11-2016, 08:26 | | Boat: Comet 41s
| resistance (windage) is a very important parameter in any sailboat design but you will not have less windage if you raise the freeboards a lot. I would say that in cruising boats under 50ft flush decks, all things considered are not a good option.
Let me point ou that it makes no sense to have flush decks if you are going to put a over, so for that to result in an aesthetically way the boat should have a dingy garage or be big enough to have (not a nice solution).
Over that size I like them and they are certainly one of the dominant, design trends in what regards modern cruising design. Well, even if not true flush decks at least, a tendency for that, like on most of the boats that have been posted on this thread. Some of my favorites:
| | |  | 11-11-2016, 09:52 | | | | . Thanks for each video, and I am sure those will open the eyes of many CF members who view this thread over time.
And I do encourage ANY CF to go visit your fascinating blog "Interesting Boats" (see the link below POLUX's signature) to see many more outstanding boats you have written about on your blog. I did and was exposed to a great many boats I had never seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading your views on them.
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Or, to your points about the need for size?
I really can't argue with your point about windage, freeboard, headroom, and dinghy . But, people are people. And there are as many views about what is "good" as there are people. So, while a Crocker designed FD boat that is only 23 feet long may seem to have too much windage and freeboard (at the forward of the half of the boat), it is a design that has appealed to many, pleases many, loved by some, hated by others, and to some looks "classic" and nice.
| | | | | 11-11-2016, 11:14 | | Boat: Comet 41s
| Or, to your points about the need for size?
I really can't argue with your point about windage, freeboard, headroom, and dinghy . But, people are people. And there are as many views about what is "good" as there are people. So, while a Crocker designed FD boat that is only 23 feet long may seem to have too much windage and freeboard (at the forward of the mast half of the boat), it is a design that has appealed to many, pleases many, loved by some, hated by others, and to some looks "classic" and nice.
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